FINGER ENDS

Traducere în limba română

finger ends substantiv

plural vârfurile degetelor;

(fam.) to have smth. at one’s finger ends a cunoaşte ceva la perfecţie, a avea ceva în degetul cel mic;

(înv.) to arrive at / to live by one’s finger ends a ajunge la sapă de lemn, a sărăci;

to one’s finger ends până în vârful degetelor, de sus până jos.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I had to learn my tools to begin with, and every simple mechanical principle which such a man would have at his finger ends I had likewise to learn.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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