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hold her finger up

English translation: holding up her finger

17:23 Jan 10, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: hold her finger up
They had been seperated for exactly seven minutes. "You have?" she said, holding up her finger. "You do?" She started laughing.
vkan
Selected answer:holding up her finger
Explanation:
It means exactly that. I don't think there's any hidden or metaphoric meaning to it.
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NGK
United States
Local time: 16:14
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7holding up her finger
NGK
1 +6wild guess
RHELLER
4 +1To be assertive.
hira
4put up her finger
IanW (X)
4depends on finger
agtranslat
3you made her furious/angry/
Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
holding up her finger


Explanation:
It means exactly that. I don't think there's any hidden or metaphoric meaning to it.

NGK
United States
Local time: 16:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
0 min
agree  Rajan Chopra: yeah, it does not seem to have any symbolic meaning
8 mins
agree  Gordon Darroch (X)
37 mins
agree  Asghar Bhatti
7 hrs
agree  luzba
1 day 2 hrs
agree  senin
2 days 16 hrs
agree  Rajiv Arora
6 days
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
put up her finger


Explanation:
This simply means that she put her finger in the air - probably just in front of her her face.

IanW (X)
Local time: 23:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +6
wild guess


Explanation:
could this have something to do with a wedding ring?

"I do..."

total lack of context

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 15:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordon Darroch (X): possible - a *lot* more context needed!
35 mins
  -> hopefully the asker will know :-)
agree  NancyLynn: so many possibilities!
1 hr
  -> who knows?
agree  Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva: :)
1 hr
  -> thanks Yolanta
agree  melayujati: agree with gordon - need more context
6 hrs
  -> I also agree with Gordon :-)
agree  Nado2002: it is possible that she did that to show that there is no ring in her finger anymore !!
7 hrs
  -> your guess is as good as mine :-)
agree  Rajan Chopra: great imagination!
9 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
you made her furious/angry/


Explanation:
-

Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
Canada
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of: Bulgarian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
To be assertive.


Explanation:
Although with reference to the context this may seem irrelevant, many people hold their finger specially forefinger up to be assertive.I personally have this habit.

hira
India
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of: Native in AssameseAssamese, Native in BengaliBengali

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rajan Chopra: another interpretation
8 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
depends on finger


Explanation:
You can mean different things depending on which finger youhold up.
And it's "sepArated", by the way.

agtranslat
Netherlands
Local time: 23:14
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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