单词 | to one's finger ends |
释义 | > as lemmasto one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends P2. to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends: completely, entirely, through and through; = to one's (also the) fingertips at fingertip n. and adj. Phrases 1. Formerly also †from the fingers' ends (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 1530 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children sig. B.iiv With more naturall affection and busy diligence they norishe them, than doth other norises, as they, which most inwardly, &..from the fyngers endes [Gk. ἐξ ὀνύχων] loue theyr chyldren. 1580 J. Florio tr. J. Cartier Shorte Narr. Two Nauigations Newe Fraunce 55 Euill people, who goe all armed euen to their fingers endes. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 111 Mercurie..hath so spiritiz'd their whole Oeconomie, that they are Quick-silver to their finger ends. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. v. 21 The Corporal blush'd down to his fingers ends. 1820 Morning Post 6 Apr. Lazarus is the next, prostrate, and quivering with piety to his very fingers' ends. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 322/2 I would be Duchess to my finger-ends. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xiv. 226 By heavens! that dictator chap is a corker! He's a dictator clear down to his finger-ends. 1974 Washington Post 28 Apr. (Book World section) 2/2 They remain Saganesque characters to their fingers' ends. < as lemmas |
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