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单词 to get on the finger ends
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to get on (also upon) the finger ends
P6. to get on (also upon) the finger ends: to incur a sharp reprimand, to be rebuked. Obsolete. [Compare French donner sur les doigts to reprimand (mid 17th cent. or earlier).]
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded
to hear of it1598
to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693
to get one's lug in one's loof1744
to get wrong1803
to catch or get Jesse1839
to come in for it1841
to get hell1851
to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916
to have a strip torn off1940
1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 37 I am afraid I may get upon the Finger-ends, because I did not name my Witnesses.
a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 163 Several of the saints have gotten on the finger ends by this means.
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