英语词汇“with a wet finger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†b. (a) with a wet finger: easily, with little effort. Also (b) readily, without hesitation; (c) slightly, lightly. Obsolete.Perhaps from the practice of wetting the first or second finger on one's tongue in order to facilitate turning over the leaves of a book or to rub out writing on a slate. Cf. quots. 1721 at sense 6a, 1839 at sense 6a.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase]

with a wet finger1542

for the whistling1546

like a bird1825

as easy (or simple) as falling (or rolling) off a log1839

without tears1857

like a dream1882

as easy as winking1907

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > slightly or superficially

with a wet finger1542

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > readily or promptly

rifea1275

fastlyc1275

gradelya1300

rada1325

readya1325

wellc1325

readilyc1330

fast1477

with a wet finger1542

forwardly1552

like one o'clock1847

up1870

like a shot1885

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes To Rdr. *iv A large and plain table..whereby..to any good matier in the booke conteined, readie waye and recourse maye with a weat fynger easily bee found out.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L^v With a wet fynger ye can fet, As muche as maie easily all this matter ease.

1589 Rare Triumphes Loue & Fortune iii. sig. C.iv And I can finde, One with a wet finger that is starke blinde.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 2 I hate brawles with my hart: and can turne-ouer A volume of wronges with a wett finger.

1600 Wisdome Doctor Dodypoll iii. sig. E3^v Flo. Canst thou bring me thither? Pea[sant]. With a wet finger sir.

1644 D. Featley Roma Ruens 5 I could with a wet finger produce divers decrees of Popes..flat repugnant one to the other.

1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 293 How easily..even with a wet finger, (as we say) could God..have overturned Jacob.

1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 47 When our Tryal came on, we got clear with a wet Finger, as the Folks say.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. viii. 91 If thou likest her, I'll get her for thee with a wet finger, as the saying is!

1754 S. Foote Knights i. 15 If Dame Winifred was here, she'd make 'em all out with a wet Finger; but they are above me.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 329 If we could but find ony ane to say she had gi'en the least hint o' her condition, she wad be brought aff wi' a wat finger.

(b)1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F6 The broker wil giue mony for them, with a wet finger.1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 4 If euer I stand in neede of a wench that will come with a wet finger.(c)1586 Praise of Musicke vii. 79 To let passe all generalities which I touched before with a wet finger.1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 45 The slightnesse and slendernesse of his Answeres, with a wet finger (as we say) passing by the manifold allegations produced.

单词	with a wet finger
释义	> as lemmas with a wet finger †b. (a) with a wet finger: easily, with little effort. Also (b) readily, without hesitation; (c) slightly, lightly. Obsolete.Perhaps from the practice of wetting the first or second finger on one's tongue in order to facilitate turning over the leaves of a book or to rub out writing on a slate. Cf. quots. 1721 at sense 6a, 1839 at sense 6a. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase] with a wet finger1542 for the whistling1546 like a bird1825 as easy (or simple) as falling (or rolling) off a log1839 without tears1857 like a dream1882 as easy as winking1907 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > slightly or superficially with a wet finger1542 the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > readily or promptly rifea1275 fastlyc1275 gradelya1300 rada1325 readya1325 wellc1325 readilyc1330 fast1477 with a wet finger1542 forwardly1552 like one o'clock1847 up1870 like a shot1885 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes To Rdr. iv A large and plain table..whereby..to any good matier in the booke conteined, readie waye and recourse maye with a weat fynger easily bee found out. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue* ii. ix. sig. L^v With a wet fynger ye can fet, As muche as maie easily all this matter ease. 1589 Rare Triumphes Loue & Fortune iii. sig. C.iv And I can finde, One with a wet finger that is starke blinde. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 2 I hate brawles with my hart: and can turne-ouer A volume of wronges with a wett finger. 1600 Wisdome Doctor Dodypoll iii. sig. E3^v Flo. Canst thou bring me thither? Pea[sant]. With a wet finger sir. 1644 D. Featley Roma Ruens 5 I could with a wet finger produce divers decrees of Popes..flat repugnant one to the other. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 293 How easily..even with a wet finger, (as we say) could God..have overturned Jacob. 1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 47 When our Tryal came on, we got clear with a wet Finger, as the Folks say. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. viii. 91 If thou likest her, I'll get her for thee with a wet finger, as the saying is! 1754 S. Foote Knights i. 15 If Dame Winifred was here, she'd make 'em all out with a wet Finger; but they are above me. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 329 If we could but find ony ane to say she had gi'en the least hint o' her condition, she wad be brought aff wi' a wat finger. (b)1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F6 The broker wil giue mony for them, with a wet finger.1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 4 If euer I stand in neede of a wench that will come with a wet finger.(c)1586 Praise of Musicke vii. 79 To let passe all generalities which I touched before with a wet finger.1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 45 The slightnesse and slendernesse of his Answeres, with a wet finger (as we say) passing by the manifold allegations produced. extracted from wetadj. < as lemmas
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