VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Not Lift a Finger

Meaning:

Do nothing to help

Examples:

  • Do not lift a finger during your vacation.
  • I would not lift a finger for you.
  • And you do not lift a finger.
  • I would not lift a finger for you.
  • Without question, the public turned away and did not lift a finger.
  • And I remember just trying to... wanting to move and turn around, but I could not lift a finger.
  • Did not lift a finger. Had to make it myself.
  • In fact, they bind up other people with impossible burdens, and they will not lift a finger to help them.
  • Not only does he not lift a finger all day, but to cap it all, he goes and asks me to bring him a beer from the fridge.