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26-Dec-2003, 15:44
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 Teachers! Could you tell me the exact meaning of 'finger'! What I know now is that the meanings of 'finger' is only the apparatus of hand! Could you tell me other meanings? Thanks very much! |
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26-Dec-2003, 18:19
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| There are a couple of possibilities. To "finger" somebody is "tell on" that person. For example, if you knew that Mr. X committed a certain crime and the police were asking you about the crime and you "fingered" Mr. X you would be telling them he was the culprit. Then there is "give somebody the finger", which is to make an obscene gesture with the middle finger. :) |
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27-Dec-2003, 16:21
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| It also has a sexual connotation in BE.  |
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