| 单词 | wind round one's little finger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger P1. to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger: to have the ability to make (a person) do whatever one wants; = to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's finger at finger n. Phrases 4i. ΚΠ 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. 76 She could turn John round her little finger. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 171 I am told the mother can wind them both round her little finger. 1889 St James's Gaz. 20 Feb. 4/2 Mr O'Brien is not so silly as he seems: he can twiddle his persecutors round his little finger. 1890 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Feb. 128/2 It's plain enough that Truth Battles has got you wound round her little finger! 1902 F. Spencer Through Deep Waters iii. 28 But poor old Walter, I can turn him round my little finger, and I guess it's a bad job for us both. 1959 ‘F. Richards’ Practise to Deceive vii. 106 You tell me that I'm..such a pushover—that a good-looking man can..wrap me around his little finger? 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) i. 10 Why is it, Chris? He's always been able to twist you round his little finger? to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger b. figurative: esp. in to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger (see to wind (a person) round one's finger at finger n. Phrases 4i, to wind (a person) round one's little finger at little finger n. Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over windc1374 to bring (a person) above the thumb1469 to have to mastery1480 to have at one's beck1530 to turn and wind1557 to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575 to turn over the thumb1603 to lead in a stringc1616 to hold at school1647 to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698 to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748 to twist (a person) round one's finger1780 to play with ——1827 to have (one) on toast1886 to have (got) by the balls1918 to have the wood onc1926 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage 279 To play People out of their Senses,..and wind their Passions about their Fingers as they list. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. viii. 190 Irene wound her toils with consummate skill around her ill-fated victim. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard iii. i. 96 My life being wound about you as it is. < as lemmas |
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