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This week we study some idioms that are related to fingers. Have/get your fingers burnt: suffer unpleasant results of an action, especially loss of money, so you are not keen to try the same thing again. He got his fingers burnt when the insurance agent to whom he gave his money for investment turned out to be an impostor. Keep one’s fingers crossed: to hope that things will happen the way you want them to. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that I get an interview call from the engineering institute. Work/wear one’s fingers to the bone: work very hard for a very long period of time. Ever since her husband has been laid off from work, she has been working herself to the bone to provide for the family. Can count something on the fingers of one hand: something is very rare. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of good friends I have. Something/someone slips through one fingers: one does not manage to achieve something. Bagging this contract is essential for me. I can’t let it slip through my fingers. At one’s fingertips: have a thorough knowledge of a subject or familiarity with a skill. You can ask my son anything you want to know about bikes. He has all the information at his fingertips. Have green fingers: be good at keeping plants healthy and making them grows. My grandmother had green fingers; whatever she planted blossomed. Have sticky fingers: someone who often steals things. My neighbour has sticky fingers; whenever she comes over I have to be extremely vigilant. (Reference: Cambridge
International Dictionary of Idioms)
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