A finger in the eye

[motico]

What is the meaning of the expression: "It is a finger in the eye"?

[konungursvia]

A painful annoyance?

[Verona_82]

Is it an idiom? a fixed expression? In what context would that sound good?

[5jj]

I've never heard it, but when I googled it, I got over two million hits. It appears to mean something like give the finger - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

It also appears to be used to suggest that some experience is not particularly pleasant but 'better than a finger in the eye'.

[albertino]

Re: "FINGER IN THE EYE"

[5jj]

Re: "FINGER IN THE EYE"

I note that the person who responded began their answer with "I'm guessing that the author meant ... ", as I began mine with "It appears to mean ...".