4 cheat

5 cheat

someone; unfold

to cheat, to dupe, to deceive, to take in; twist smb. round one "s (little) finger

6 cheat

To lead someone round a finger. Without any difficulty to make a person do exactly what one wishes; to be able to handle or manage someone with ease; to cajole, persuade someone artfully. cf. To twist / turn someone round one "s little finger.

7 circle the finger

[VP; subj: human; more often pfv]

⇒ to die s.o. skillfully, adroitly:

- X bamboozled (hoodwinked, duped etc) Y ;

- X made Y look like an ass (a fool, a jerk etc) ;

- Y came out looking like an ass (a fool, a jerk etc).

♦ Deftly we circled them [organs] around the finger, said Pravdets to his Friend. Yes, said the Friend, you can't take that away from us! Prison experience was not in vain (1a Zinoviev). "We"ve really taken them for a ride," Truth-teller said to his Friend. "Yes," said Friend, "no-one can deny us that! Our prison experience has been of some use after all" (1a)

♦ "... And again they fooled me, I don't know how they do it, but they fooled me again, and again I'm a fool, a fool, for the second time that day..." (Strugatskie 1). "And I came out of it looking like an ass again I don"t know how they do it, but I came out looking like an ass again, a real fool for the second time today" (1a)

8 wrap (someone) around one's finger

General subject: play for a patsy, play hanky-panky with, play hankey-pankey with

9 wrap someone around your finger

10 wrap someone around your finger

11 CIRCLE

See also other dictionaries:

cheat- deceive, fool, pull the nose, fool, furnish, cheat, trick, get around, cheat, avert your eyes, cheat, stick your nose, shoe, hang, heat, inflate, fool, cheat, cheat, fool, outwit, ... ... Synonym dictionary

cheat- circle / circle around the finger More often owls. Deftly, cunningly to deceive someone. = Lead by the nose, rub / rub the glasses, blow / throw dust in the eyes. From noun. with meaning faces: a neighbor, an employee… is he fooling whom? visitor, buyer ... She ... Educational Phraseological Dictionary

Cheat- CIRCLE around the FINGER of whom. CIRCLE who. Razg. Express. Cunning to deceive. Gagarin appeared to him like a fox, flattered and dropped by, and in no time circled the master around his finger: he took the forest, land and mill almost for free (Sokolov Mikitov. On ... Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language

cheat- Circle (wrap) around the finger / finger someone skillfully, easily deceive, lead someone ... Dictionary of many expressions

Cheat- whom. Razg. Cleverly to deceive, outwit someone. FSRYA, 308; ZS 1996, 221; BMS 1998, 428 429; Glukhov 1988, 114; SPP 2001, 59 ... Big dictionary of Russian sayings

wrap someone around your finger- cleverly deceive, outwit someone l. There are several versions of the origin of this turnover. 1. The expression arose on the basis of a turn around the finger (near the finger) to wrap “do the job quickly and quickly” (V. I. Dal). A quick and clever deception here ... ... Phraseology Handbook

wrap around your finger- Cheat … Dictionary of many expressions

CIRCLE, circle, circle, past. temp. circled, circled; circled; circled and circled, sov. (to circle). 1. whom what. To pass around something, past something. Circle guests around the house. Circle the blind. 2. whom what. look around, take a look... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov

circle- outline, fool, fool, darn, deceive, throw, encircle, frame, fool, furnish, swindle, spend, get around, cheat, outline, put on both legs, inflate, shoe, inflate, heat up, outwit, cheat, ... ... Synonym dictionary

CIRCLE- CIRCLE, food, you go; ate, ate; eaten; eaten (yon, ena); eating; sovereign 1. whom (what). Swipe around or past something. O. around the house. 2. whom (what). Take a look, take a look. O. gaze space. O. through the eyes of the audience. 3. what than. Protect than n. ... ... Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov

CIRCLE- CIRCLE, see circle. Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary. IN AND. Dal. 1863 1866 ... Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary

circle- lead, lead; circled, led, lo; circled; circled; day, day, day; circling; St. (whom what). 1. Draw around smth. O. around the garden. O. the bride and groom around the lectern (at a church marriage). // Swipe sideways, in a roundabout way, ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

circle- circle, lead, lead; circled, led, led, led ... Russian word stress

Circle- I owl. transition see circle I II owls. transition see outline II III owls. transition unfold reduced see circle III Explanatory Dictionary of Efremova ... Modern explanatory dictionary of the Russian language Efremova

circle- circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle, circle , circled, ... ... Word forms

circle- vb., St., use. comp. often Morphology: I will circle, you will circle, he/she/it will circle, we will circle, you will circle, they will circle, circle, circle, circled, circled, circled, circled, circled, circled, circled circle… Dictionary of Dmitriev

circle- with a glance action, indirect object ... Verbal compatibility of non-objective names

circle- Circle around the finger someone (colloquial) deftly, cunningly deceive. I got wrapped around my finger... Phraseological dictionary of the Russian language

Books

• What a Woman Wants... by Caroline Linden. To circle the aunt of a wealthy heiress around her finger and marry, having received a huge fortune as a dowry ... A difficult task? But not for the handsome womanizer Stuart Drake. However, the notorious aunt ... Buy for 266 rubles
• What a Woman Wants, Linden K.. Trick a wealthy heiress' aunt and get married with a huge dowry... A difficult task? But not for the handsome womanizer Stuart Drake. However, the notorious aunt ...

“Circle around your finger”, “don't put your finger in your mouth” or “don't hit a finger on a finger” - these idioms are familiar to every native speaker of the Russian language. The English language also has a lot of similar slang expressions. Let's all the same "hit a finger on a finger" and see what interesting idioms the English language can offer us.

To begin with, remember that the fingers on the hand are called fingers, and those on the feet are called toes. It is not difficult to guess that the most interesting English expressions will be just with the word “finger”. Our selection of "hand" idioms will tell you about the most curious expressions with the word "finger" in English.

English idioms with the word “finger”

● If you hear an English expression sticky fingers, then you should not immediately run to this person with wet wipes to help him wipe his “sticky fingers”. It may very well be that after such help you will lose both napkins and a couple of jewelry. After all, the sentence “He’s got sticky fingers” is translated as “He is not clean on hand / He steals.”

• “To have a finger in the pie” doesn't mean it's about the unlucky baker who sticks his fingers in every cake. This English expression translates to "poke your nose in."
• If you hold something at the very tip of your fingers, then you do not have to be a magician. Chances are you just know exactly what to do next. After all, the English expression “to have something at one’s fingertips” translates as "to be well acquainted with something."
• “To keep your fingers crossed”- means the same as the Russian expression "cross fingers for good luck." So you're in luck if someone says "keep my fingers crossed for you". This means that they will "keep their fists" for you.

English idioms with the word “toes”

• If your friend says that he “on his toes”, do not immediately imagine him in a tutu. The English expression “on one’s toes” is translated as “to be in shape”, “not to relax”.
• Expression “from top to toe” or “from head to toe” carries the same meaning as the Russian phrase "from head to toe." Only we "study" to the heels, and the British to the "toes".
• Idiom “to dip toe in the water” although it came from the phrase "dip your toes in the water", it now means that you are ready for something new, that is, trying to "take the first step."

Names of fingers in English

Of course, in English, as well as in Russian, each finger has its own “name”. Let's get to know our fingers again and find out how they will be called correctly in English?

thumb - thumb

Most English expressions and idioms exist with this finger. Thanks to the thumb, you can express your approval, and talk about your love for agriculture, and complain about your clumsiness.

• We all remember that a thumbs up indicates approval. So it is not surprising that the phrase "Thumbs up" translates as "Accepted!"
• If you are a very clumsy person, then English-speaking people would tell you that all your fingers are big. Indeed, imagine how hard it would be to live only with thumbs? All thumbs- clumsy, clumsy
• Are you under your wife's heel? In English it doesn't sound so insulting, there you are just under the thumb! Under the thumb- is under the heel
• Do you like to spend your free time in the garden? Congratulations - you have a green thumb. green thumb- have a knack for gardening. By the way, sometimes the word “thumb” is replaced with just a finger. So if you hear the expression - green fingers, then it will mean the same as green thumb.

index finger

The name of this finger is similar to the Russian name. Index - pointer, indicator, sign. Unfortunately, no English idioms and interesting expressions have yet been invented with this finger.

Middle finger - middle finger

All English expressions with this word carry the same meaning as Russian idioms.
When you hear that someone “show the finger”, does not mean that someone just showed, for example, a little finger. The finger - this will be charmingly the middle finger. So you can guess how this unfriendly expression will be translated. Sometimes you can hear give the finger.

Ring finger - ring finger

In English, this finger is not at all "nameless", here it is more "ringed". By the way, in English-speaking countries, wedding and engagement rings are worn on the left hand. It often happens that married women wear both rings on the same finger. First, the engagement dress is put on, and then the wedding dress.

Little finger - pinky, little finger

If you can easily fool someone, remember the expression “to wrap (twist) around little finger” this is exactly what will be translated as "circle around your finger."

Idioms with the names of body parts occupy an important place in the list of English phraseological units. Memorize them, actively apply them in everyday speech and speak English like a true native speaker!

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Russian-English translation CIRCLE

someone; unfold

to cheat, to dupe, to deceive, to take in; twist smb. round one "s (little) finger

Russian-English Concise Dictionary of General Vocabulary. Russian-English short dictionary of general vocabulary. 2012