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1 thumbs up
thumbs up ○ n to give sb/sth the thumbs up ( approve) approuver [candidate, plan, suggestion] ; to get the thumbs up [plan, person, idea] être approuvé ; start the car when I give you the thumbs up démarre quand je te fais signe ; she gave me the thumbs up as she came out of the interview elle m'a fait signe que l'entretien s'était bien passé. -
2 thumbs down
thumbs down ○ n ( signal) to give sb/sth the thumbs down fig rejeter [candidate, proposal, idea] ; to get the thumbs down [candidate, proposal, idea] être rejeté ; [new product, experiment] être mal accueilli ; his pizza got the thumbs down from his guests ses invités n'ont pas apprécié sa pizza ; as soon as I give you the thumbs down, stop the machine arrête la machine dès que je te fais signe. -
3 thumbs down
(colloq) [ˌθʌmz'daʊn] noun ( signal)to give somebody/something the thumbs down — fig rejeter quelqu'un/quelque chose
to get the thumbs down — [candidate, proposal, idea] être rejeté; [new product, experiment] être mal accueilli
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4 finger
finger ['fɪŋgə(r)]1 noun(a) (part of body) doigt m;∎ to wear a ring on one's finger porter une bague au doigt;∎ she ran her fingers through her hair elle s'est passé les doigts ou la main dans les cheveux;∎ she ran her fingers through his hair elle a passé ses doigts ou sa main dans ses cheveux;∎ to lick one's fingers se lécher les doigts;∎ to eat with one's fingers manger avec les doigts;∎ to hold sth between finger and thumb tenir qch entre le pouce et l'index;∎ to type with two fingers taper (à la machine) avec deux doigts;∎ a finger's breadth un doigt;∎ to point a finger at sb/sth montrer qn/qch du doigt;∎ to twist sb round one's little finger faire ce qu'on veut de qn;∎ I can twist him round my little finger j'en fais ce que je veux;∎ to be all fingers and thumbs avoir des mains de beurre, avoir deux mains gauches;∎ to have a finger in every pie jouer sur tous les tableaux;∎ he has a finger in the pie il a des intérêts dans l'affaire;∎ if you lay a finger on her si tu touches à un seul de ses cheveux;∎ to keep one's fingers crossed croiser les doigts (pour souhaiter bonne chance);∎ I'll keep my fingers crossed for you je croiserai les doigts pour toi;∎ you could count them on the fingers of one hand on pourrait les compter sur les doigts de la main;∎ to point the finger (of suspicion) at sb diriger les soupçons sur qn;∎ the finger of suspicion points at the accountant les soupçons pèsent sur le comptable;∎ who are you to point the finger? qui es-tu pour accuser les autres?;∎ familiar to put the finger on sb (inform on) balancer qn;∎ to put one's finger on sth (identify) mettre le doigt sur qch;∎ something has changed but I can't put my finger on it il y a quelque chose de changé mais je n'arrive pas à dire ce que c'est;∎ to have one's finger on the pulse (person) être très au fait de ce qui se passe; (magazine, TV programme) être à la pointe de l'actualité;∎ familiar to give sb the finger, British familiar to stick two fingers up at sb ≃ faire un bras d'honneur à qn;∎ success/happiness/the suspect slipped through his fingers le succès/le bonheur/le suspect lui a glissé entre les doigts;∎ to work one's fingers to the bone s'épuiser à la tâche;∎ you never lift or raise a finger to help tu ne lèves jamais le petit doigt pour aider;∎ he's so lazy, I've never seen him lift a finger il est si paresseux, je ne l'ai jamais vu faire le moindre effort(b) (of glove) doigt m∎ to cut a cake into fingers couper un gâteau en petits morceaux rectangulaires(d) Computing = utilitaire de l'Internet permettant d'obtenir des informations sur un utilisateur du réseau∎ stop fingering that food! arrête de tripoter la nourriture!►► Cookery finger biscuit biscuit m à la cuiller;finger bowl rince-doigts m inv;finger buffet = buffet où sont servis des petits sandwiches, des petits fours et des légumes crus;Music finger exercises exercices mpl de doigté;finger food = petits fours, petits sandwiches et légumes crus, servis à un buffet et que l'on mange avec les doigts;Music finger hole trou m;finger paint peinture f pour peindre avec les doigts;finger painting peinture f avec les doigts;∎ children love finger painting les enfants adorent peindre avec leurs doigts;finger puppet marionnette f à doigt
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