not lift a finger

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not lift a finger (to help someone) and not lift a hand (to help someone)

Fig. to do nothing to help someone. (The someone is anyone with the negative.) They wouldn't lift a finger to help us. Can you imagine that they wouldn't lift a finger? Sally refused to lift a hand to help her own sister.

See also: finger, lift

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I should consider myself bound in honor not to help you--but I would not lift a finger to prevent you from discovering the truth for yourself. Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context More results

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