word usage - Is it 'thumb is up' in 'thumbs up'? - English Language ...
As such, it is not really divisible into "thumb" and "up". We can think of it as having a long name "the well-known two thumbs up gesture", "the thumbs up" being is its popular nickname. Moreover, that "thumbs up" is a category representing manifestations of that gesture, so that we have " a thumbs up" ("an instance of the two thumbs up gesture").
"She gave him the thumbs-up sign." and "She gave him a thumbs …
2020年7月21日 · It's not a case of different usages being appropriate to different situations, it's just different ways of thinking about the thumbs-up. Using a treats the sign as an ordinary gesture, in the same way that we say She gave him a wave/a smile .
How to express 'Thumbs Up/Down' in a word or two?
2014年12月22日 · I want no 'personalized' message. Said that, 'Agreed' does not sound typically 'Thumbs Up'. The charm, motivation and agreement 'thumbs up' has lacks in 'Agreed'. On the other hand, expressing 'Thumbs Down' in words is even complex. If there are many options, I'll be happy to have them all to use it in different conversations.
Grabbing with your index-finger and thumb - Word Search
2016年11月25日 · As the comments indicate, hold is the most appropriate verb when not describing the use of just the index finger and thumb. The synonyms for hold which @Mari-LouA provided can be of use, but only when you describe the way the person is clasping, clutching, grasping, gripping, clenching, or clinging to the pencil, pen or paper.
word meaning - "Your fingers" include "the thumb" or not?
Depending on how you view it, a thumb is a particular type of finger—or it's not a finger at all. But I think you would only view it as something other than a finger if you wanted to specifically distinguish it from the others. Also, consider how they are named: thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little (or pinkie) finger.
Meaning of “finger in the wind” - English Language Learners Stack ...
Holding your finger in the wind is more associated with trumping up a false facade of empirical objectivity over what is just decisiveness based on feeling lucky. – Paul Childs Commented Jul 13, 2018 at 12:12
What is the difference between 'suck', 'suck at', and 'suck on'?
2020年1月10日 · Don't suck your thumb / Don't suck on your thumb. Sucking a lollipop / sucking on a lollipop. (although "sucking your thumb" is probably the most idiomatic in that example)
word request - What do you call the act of swiping a finger on …
2019年7月9日 · I think you're referring to a forefinger being used as it it were a guitar pick that flicks (flips?) up and down on puckered lips. I like the question if only because it is HARD to describe the action, and you did a good job describing the nonsense babble that is produced.
sentence construction - in presence of vs in the presence of
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word request - What is this goodbye hand gesture called?
2020年9月14日 · It looks like he is performing a humorous salute. It is difficult to say from a motionless picture, but judging by the proximity of the middle and index fingers I would suggest he is giving a tongue-in-cheek salute, like these other actors: