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单词 to suck out of one's fingers' ends
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to suck (something) out of (or at) one's (own) fingers' ends
P3. to suck (something) out of (or at) one's (own) fingers' ends: to produce or discover by one's own efforts or ingenuity; esp. to invent or come up with (something). Cf. to suck (something) out of one's (own) finger at finger n. Phrases 4n. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) > succeed in by ingenuity
devise1340
to suck (something) out of (or at) one's (own) fingers' ends1540
swing1934
1540 T. Some Treat. Lordis Flayle sig. C vii Ye but what say ye to sere Ihon singyl sowle, which wyll socke Christ owt of his fingers endis.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiii I suck not this out of myne owne fyngers ends.
1607 tr. R. Bellarmine To G. Blackwel in King James VI & I Triplici Nodo, Triplex Cuneus 80 How he hath suckt this apprehension out at his fingers ends, I cannot imagine: for sure I am, as I haue oft said, he neuer goeth about to proue it.
1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 25 I suck't not this out of my fingers ends.
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