英语词汇“to put on the long finger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

p. Irish English. to put (something) on the long finger: to postpone or delay (an event, task, obligation, etc.). [After Irish cuir (rud) ar an méar fhada to postpone (something) indefinitely, lit. ‘to put (a thing) on the long finger (i.e. the middle finger)’ (early 20th cent. or earlier).]

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1842 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 571 When the thing is put on the long finger, God knows but maybe it would never come to pass.

1899 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 6 July 5/8 He protested against this doctrine that everything was to be put on the long finger until such great measures as those dealing with Home Rule or Compulsory Purchase had been fought out in Parliament.

1931 Irish Times 16 July 5/2 He could not..remember the locality where he got the bicycle, and he had not the manliness to go to the Civic Guards, and ‘kept putting it on the long finger’.

1979 B. Bradshaw Irish Constit. Revol. 16th Cent. iii. 65 The subjugation of the whole island was not abandoned as an ultimate goal, but it was once more put on the long finger.

2013 Irish Independent (National ed.) (Nexis) 13 July 35 If you're taking the children to France this summer but have put booking on the long finger, Pavillon de la Reine..is a haven for families.

单词	to put on the long finger
释义	> as lemmas to put (something) on the long finger p. Irish English. to put (something) on the long finger: to postpone or delay (an event, task, obligation, etc.). [After Irish cuir (rud) ar an méar fhada to postpone (something) indefinitely, lit. ‘to put (a thing) on the long finger (i.e. the middle finger)’ (early 20th cent. or earlier).] ΚΠ 1842 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 571 When the thing is put on the long finger, God knows but maybe it would never come to pass. 1899 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 6 July 5/8 He protested against this doctrine that everything was to be put on the long finger until such great measures as those dealing with Home Rule or Compulsory Purchase had been fought out in Parliament. 1931 Irish Times 16 July 5/2 He could not..remember the locality where he got the bicycle, and he had not the manliness to go to the Civic Guards, and ‘kept putting it on the long finger’. 1979 B. Bradshaw Irish Constit. Revol. 16th Cent. iii. 65 The subjugation of the whole island was not abandoned as an ultimate goal, but it was once more put on the long finger. 2013 Irish Independent (National ed.) (Nexis) 13 July 35 If you're taking the children to France this summer but have put booking on the long finger, Pavillon de la Reine..is a haven for families. extracted from fingern. < as lemmas
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