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单词 to one's finger ends
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to 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.
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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.
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