英语词汇“to bite one's fingernails”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. to bite one's fingernails: to chew one's fingernails as a sign of impatience, nervousness, anxiety, etc.; (also figurative) to be nervous, bored, anxious, etc.; to think hard, to concentrate (cf. to bite one's nails at nail n. Phrases 2d).

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1847 Bentley's Misc. Oct. 337 I returned home completely chapfallen, and..sat down to brood over my ill-luck, and bite my finger-nails to the quick.

1865 Austral. Jrnl. 28 Oct. 140/1 When your husband takes up the newspaper in the morning, instead of your hand.., turn your face resolutely to the wall, bite your fingernails.

1913 J. Mätter Three Farms 203 It is not the least of my pleasures to walk (while Ambition bites her fingernails) with wan, smiling Memory and open again these doors.

1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince iv. 40 He had sat biting his finger-nails, as was a trick of his when he was excited or angry.

1957 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 13 Sept. 4/2 This is leaving the gentlemen of the Federal Communications Commission, in charge of radio and television doings, biting their fingernails.

1996 Smash Hits 27 Mar. 18/2 I still bite my fingernails.

2003 N.Y. Times 28 Sept. iv. 3/3 52 percent of those surveyed were not pleased with the way Mr. Bush had handled the economy. ‘They are biting their fingernails.’

单词	to bite one's fingernails
释义	> as lemmas to bite one's fingernails P1. to bite one's fingernails: to chew one's fingernails as a sign of impatience, nervousness, anxiety, etc.; (also figurative) to be nervous, bored, anxious, etc.; to think hard, to concentrate (cf. to bite one's nails at nail n. Phrases 2d). ΚΠ 1847 Bentley's Misc. Oct. 337 I returned home completely chapfallen, and..sat down to brood over my ill-luck, and bite my finger-nails to the quick. 1865 Austral. Jrnl. 28 Oct. 140/1 When your husband takes up the newspaper in the morning, instead of your hand.., turn your face resolutely to the wall, bite your fingernails. 1913 J. Mätter Three Farms 203 It is not the least of my pleasures to walk (while Ambition bites her fingernails) with wan, smiling Memory and open again these doors. 1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince iv. 40 He had sat biting his finger-nails, as was a trick of his when he was excited or angry. 1957 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 13 Sept. 4/2 This is leaving the gentlemen of the Federal Communications Commission, in charge of radio and television doings, biting their fingernails. 1996 Smash Hits 27 Mar. 18/2 I still bite my fingernails. 2003 N.Y. Times 28 Sept. iv. 3/3 52 percent of those surveyed were not pleased with the way Mr. Bush had handled the economy. ‘They are biting their fingernails.’ extracted from fingernailn. < as lemmas
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