英语词汇“to let one's fingers do the walking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

x. to let one's fingers do the walking: to locate a required service or product by leafing through the Yellow Pages; (now also more generally) to shop or seek information from a magazine, website, etc. Originally a slogan for the yellow pages published by the Bell System, a group of companies that provided telephone services in North America until 1984.The slogan is trademarked in the United Kingdom.

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1962 Daily Plainsman (Huron, S. Dakota) 5 Jan. 8 (advt.) Let your fingers do the walking. Shop the Yellow Pages way!

1973 Times 22 Dec. 12 (advt.) Let your fingers do the walking for Christmas presents!

1992 Buying Cameras July 54/2 To find out what's available either take a trip down to your local camera dealer or let your fingers do the walking and turn to the classified section at the back of the magazine.

1999 M. J. Maffini Speak Ill of Dead v. 56 I let my fingers do the walking and, sure enough, in the yellow pages under Promotional Services, I found ‘Events by Wendtz’.

2002 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 22 June 77 People do their own research on the web, they know what they want and they let their fingers do the walking to see who's got the stock.

2008 J.E. Wideman Fanon 29 Let your fingers do the walking. Click. Click. Click. A world delivered twenty-four seven to your door.

单词	to let one's fingers do the walking
释义	> as lemmas to let one's fingers do the walking x. to let one's fingers do the walking: to locate a required service or product by leafing through the Yellow Pages; (now also more generally) to shop or seek information from a magazine, website, etc. Originally a slogan for the yellow pages published by the Bell System, a group of companies that provided telephone services in North America until 1984.The slogan is trademarked in the United Kingdom. ΚΠ 1962 Daily Plainsman (Huron, S. Dakota) 5 Jan. 8 (advt.) Let your fingers do the walking. Shop the Yellow Pages way! 1973 Times 22 Dec. 12 (advt.) Let your fingers do the walking for Christmas presents! 1992 Buying Cameras July 54/2 To find out what's available either take a trip down to your local camera dealer or let your fingers do the walking and turn to the classified section at the back of the magazine. 1999 M. J. Maffini Speak Ill of Dead v. 56 I let my fingers do the walking and, sure enough, in the yellow pages under Promotional Services, I found ‘Events by Wendtz’. 2002 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 22 June 77 People do their own research on the web, they know what they want and they let their fingers do the walking to see who's got the stock. 2008 J.E. Wideman Fanon 29 Let your fingers do the walking. Click. Click. Click. A world delivered twenty-four seven to your door. extracted from fingern. < as lemmas
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