拇指 thumb
thumbs up 认同
近日已渐渐延伸出「按赞」的含义啰！这个功能在像是 Facebook 或 YouTube 等各大社群网站已经越来越普及了！
If you like our video, please give us a thumbs up!
如果你喜欢我们的影片，请不吝惜帮我们按个赞！
thumbs down 反对
The plan to build a hotel on the site has been given the thumbs down by the Department of Environment.
环保署拒绝通过在这个景点上盖饭店的计画。
a rule of thumb 经验法则
经验法则可以教导我们很多事情，这部影片就要告诉你为什么可以跟随恐惧的力量！
be all thumbs 笨拙的
My mother writes beautiful calligraphy, but I’m all thumbs — I can barely hold the pen!
我妈妈的书法写得很好，但我完全笨手笨脚，甚至连笔都拿不好。
under someone’s thumb 完全被某人掌控
He has been under the thumb of his father for many years.
他活在他的父亲的掌控之下好几年。
食指 forefinger / index finger / pointer finger
fore 有「靠前的」的意思，index 和 pointer 都有指标的意思，当你伸出食指时是不是常在指着某个方向呢？所以 forefinger / index finger / pointer finger 都是食指的意思！
The police officer was a handsome, elegantly dressed man with a diamond ring on his forefinger.
那位警官是一位帅气、打扮优雅的男人，食指上戴着一只钻戒。
中指 middle finger
giving someone the (middle) finger 对某人比中指
Giving someone the middle finger is regarded as an insult in Western culture.
西方文化中对他人比中指被视为一种侮辱。
无名指 ring finger
通常婚戒戴在无名指上，所以称为 ring finger。
小指 little finger / pinky
pinky swear/promise 打勾勾
手指（特别指拇指以外的） finger
睡眠会影响许多身体机能，包括手指的精细动作！
not lift/raise a finger 没有付出任何努力
Tim never lifts a finger to help his wife with houseworks.
Tim 从来不帮他的老婆作任何家事。
green fingers 绿手指，指擅长园艺的人
have a finger in every pie （不受欢迎的）凡事插手、干预
The sales manager always has a finger in every pie because she doesn’t trust others.
销售经理不管任何事都想出手干预，因为她不信任任何人。
