Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have more of something in one's finger than

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: have -more of -some-thing in one's fin-ger than
IPA

59

Scrabble Score

35

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To possess a particular quality, such as intelligence, skill, or talent, to a vastly greater degree than someone else does.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"I be like him too; but he had more muscle in his finger than I have from head to heel."
"you must despise your wedded wife, that has more brains in her finger than you have in all your great long useless carcase"
""Humphrey," I said, "has more worth in his finger than you in your great body, Benjamin"."
"an ugly little woman with more good in her finger than in the whole of Mrs. Heron's beautiful, well-dressed, wicked body.""
"Scott Abraham: you sure are a class act. McLean has more moral fiber in his finger than you could even dream about in your layabout life of wannabe a victim-hood."

Usage

Inflected Forms

has more of something in one's finger than (present, singular) having more of something in one's finger than (participle, present) had more of something in one's finger than (participle, past) had more of something in one's finger than (past)

Questions

What does have more of something in one's finger than mean?: To possess a particular quality, such as intelligence, skill, or talent, to a vastly greater degree than someone else does.

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