| 单词 | to wag one's finger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wag one's finger (at) s. to wag one's finger (at) and variants: to signal reproof, warning, admonishment, etc., by wagging one's finger to and fro in the air. Also figurative. Cf. finger-wagging n. and adj. at Compounds 2a, finger-wag n. at Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1852 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 347/2 ‘I'll mark you, my damsel,’ wagging her finger at one whose mirth is the loudest. 1890 Amer. Ann. Deaf Oct. 244 All I had to do was to wag my finger,..and she was reminded of the error. 1939 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. 17/1 We have no idea why the Portuguese immigration officer refused us permission to land. He would not say, but simply wagged his finger and shook his head. 1989 Guardian 7 Dec. 24/4 Film-makers unashamedly wagged their fingers and left audiences in no doubt that they should follow the Surgeon General's advice and ‘just say no’. 2002 Focus May 25/1 They're all at it, wagging their fingers and telling parents not to be so silly about scares over the combined vaccination for their children. 2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 177 ‘Don't you be playing with this, right?’ he wags a finger, ‘you'll break it.’ < as lemmas |
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