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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

"lonely like finger"

There is a phrase like it in Polish language which means something like "totally lonely". We were wondering with friends if it's a Polish idiom or if it's possible to say that "someone is lonely like a finger" in English too. Does anybody know that? Or if there's a sentence with a similar meaning in English?
Thanks and best regards from Poland
Pawel
  

Top answer

Hi, someone is lonely like a finger sounds strange to me, because my finger has 4 friends, maybe nine, to keep it company! I'm still thinking about an English equivalent. Best wishes, Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, someone is lonely like a finger sounds strange to me, because my finger has 4 friends, maybe nine, to keep it company!
  • I'm still thinking about an English equivalent.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

someone is lonely like a finger sounds strange to me, because my finger has 4 friends, maybe nine, to keep it company!

I'm still thinking about an English equivalent.

Best wishes, Clive
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I think even though the finger has some company it stands apart in the way it functions...dont know what the experts feel about this
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This is very familiar to me - I remember that my Grandmother, when describing someone who was very lonely, (for instance, a recent widow whose children live far away) would hold up an index finger and say, "She's like this - like one finger!" I have never, until now, heard anyone else say anything remotely like it and I always thought it was just my Grandmother's own not-very-logical invention.
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Hello!
I think that it may be a Slavonic phrase... Anyway, great thanks for your answers and if someone would think out something more, I'd be still very grateful.
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Hi, it from old polish where palec ( finger ) meant thumb and thumb is lonely because there is only one thumb on the hand.

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