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"etymology_text": "Compare Matthew 23:4.",
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"text": "She lets me do all the work and never lifts a finger to help.",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "1973, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard): June 12 - July 27, page 904",
"text": "They weep when they see the country being so much exploited and yet nobody lifts a finger.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Gerald Shapiro, Little men: novellas and stories, page 6",
"text": "You've known about it all along, you haven't lifted a finger, so don't come crying to me. I don't have time for it.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Larry T. McGehee, B. J. Hutto, Southern Seen: Meditations on Past and Present, page 80",
"text": "Lifting a finger to greet is dangerous because it may make us feel guilty about not lifting a finger to help.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022, Carolyn Purnell, Blue Jeans, Bloomsbury, page 44",
"text": "Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger. What could be more luxurious than that?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible."
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"(figuratively, chiefly in the negative) To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible."
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "panna tikkua ristiin"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "laittaa tikkua ristiin"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "lever le petit doigt"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "mostly used in the negative",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "Finger krumm machen"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "a kisujját sem mozdítja"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "muovere un dito"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yubi ippon ugokasu",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "指一本動かす"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "prōferō digitum"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "used in the negative",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"tags": [
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"word": "palcem nie kiwnąć"
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"sense": "to make minimal effort",
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"word": "mișca un deget"
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"note": "mostly used in the negative",
"roman": "udáritʹ pálʹcem o pálec",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "уда́рить па́льцем о па́лец"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"roman": "udáritʹ pálec o pálec",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "уда́рить па́лец о па́лец"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "mover un dedo"
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"note": "(only used in the negative)",
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"word": "no dar un palo al agua"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"note": "mostly used in the negative",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "lyfta ett finger"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "parmağını bile kıpırdatmamak"
}
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"ref": "2010, Katharine Rapoport, Violin For Dummies",
"text": "So if your next note involves lifting a finger, you need to plan to lift the finger promptly to above its spot on the string so that it's ready to play again at any time.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lift, finger."
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"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "stroke of work"
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"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "raise a finger"
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"word": "lift a finger"
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"etymology_text": "Compare Matthew 23:4.",
"forms": [
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"text": "She lets me do all the work and never lifts a finger to help.",
"type": "example"
},
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"ref": "1973, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard): June 12 - July 27, page 904",
"text": "They weep when they see the country being so much exploited and yet nobody lifts a finger.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Gerald Shapiro, Little men: novellas and stories, page 6",
"text": "You've known about it all along, you haven't lifted a finger, so don't come crying to me. I don't have time for it.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Larry T. McGehee, B. J. Hutto, Southern Seen: Meditations on Past and Present, page 80",
"text": "Lifting a finger to greet is dangerous because it may make us feel guilty about not lifting a finger to help.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022, Carolyn Purnell, Blue Jeans, Bloomsbury, page 44",
"text": "Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger. What could be more luxurious than that?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible."
],
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"minimal",
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],
[
"effort",
"effort"
]
],
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"(figuratively, chiefly in the negative) To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible."
],
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"in the negative"
],
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"figuratively"
]
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"ref": "2010, Katharine Rapoport, Violin For Dummies",
"text": "So if your next note involves lifting a finger, you need to plan to lift the finger promptly to above its spot on the string so that it's ready to play again at any time.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lift, finger."
],
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "raise a finger"
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "panna tikkua ristiin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "laittaa tikkua ristiin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "lever le petit doigt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "mostly used in the negative",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "Finger krumm machen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "a kisujját sem mozdítja"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "muovere un dito"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yubi ippon ugokasu",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "指一本動かす"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "prōferō digitum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "used in the negative",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "palcem nie kiwnąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "palcem nie ruszyć"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"tags": [
"negative"
],
"word": "mișca un deget"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "mostly used in the negative",
"roman": "udáritʹ pálʹcem o pálec",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "уда́рить па́льцем о па́лец"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udáritʹ pálec o pálec",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "уда́рить па́лец о па́лец"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "mostly used in the negative",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "mover un dedo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "(only used in the negative)",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "no dar un palo al agua"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "mostly used in the negative",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "lyfta ett finger"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make minimal effort",
"word": "parmağını bile kıpırdatmamak"
}
],
"word": "lift a finger"
}
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