| 单词 | to wrap round one's little finger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger P1. to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger: to have the ability to make (a person) do whatever one wants; = to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's finger at finger n. Phrases 4i. ΚΠ 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. 76 She could turn John round her little finger. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 171 I am told the mother can wind them both round her little finger. 1889 St James's Gaz. 20 Feb. 4/2 Mr O'Brien is not so silly as he seems: he can twiddle his persecutors round his little finger. 1890 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Feb. 128/2 It's plain enough that Truth Battles has got you wound round her little finger! 1902 F. Spencer Through Deep Waters iii. 28 But poor old Walter, I can turn him round my little finger, and I guess it's a bad job for us both. 1959 ‘F. Richards’ Practise to Deceive vii. 106 You tell me that I'm..such a pushover—that a good-looking man can..wrap me around his little finger? 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) i. 10 Why is it, Chris? He's always been able to twist you round his little finger? < as lemmas |
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