[finger] See: [BURN ONE'S FINGERS], [CROSS ONE'S FINGERS] or [KEEP ONE'S FINGERS CROSSED], [LAY A FINGER ON], [LIFT A FINGER], [PUT ONE'S FINGER ON] also [LAY ONE'S FINGER ON], [SLIP […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

have sticky fingers

[have sticky fingers] See: [STICKY FINGERS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

slip through one's fingers

[slip through one's fingers] {v. phr.} To escape without someone's knowing how. * /Policemen surrounded the building, but the thief managed to slip through their fingers./ * /Mike earns a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cross one's fingers

[cross one's fingers] {v. phr.} 1a. To cross two fingers of one hand for good luck. * /Mary crossed her fingers during the race so that Tom would win./ 1b. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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do with

[do with] {v.} 1. To find enough for one's needs; manage. - Usually follows "can". * /Some children can do with very little […]

lover's lane

[lovers' lane] {n.} A hidden road or walk where lovers walk or park in the evening. * /A parked car in a lonely lovers' lane […]

Mark T. Shirey

Where there's smoke, there's smoke.

naff

[naff] {adj.} Inferior or in poor taste. Also used as sentence substitute as in, for example, "Naff off!"

Salmon Day

[Salmon Day] The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed in the end. * /"God, today was a […]

Don Addis

(1935--) U.S. editorial cartoonist Never play cat and mouse games if you're a mouse.

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American plan

[American plan] {n.} A system of hotel management in which meals are included with the room, as opposed to the European plan […]