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.