单词 | to one's fingertips |
释义 | > as lemmasto one's (also the) fingertips P1. to one's (also the) fingertips: all over or throughout one's body; completely, thoroughly, through and through. 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 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 544 The trees clothed to their finger-tips with foliage. 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties 45 I redden to my finger-tips. 1907 Daily Chron. 21 Jan. 3/5 Alive with science to the finger tips. 1929 F. Hackett Henry VIII viii. 417 He was a magnate to his finger-tips. 1961 J. McCabe Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy (1962) iii. 75 He was an artist to his fingertips once he got going. 2006 Independent 10 June 37/5 A law-abiding creature to my fingertips, I had never so much as shoplifted. < as lemmas |
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