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Amirarasteh Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What does mean the following statement?

I would put my finger on sth.
  

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The idiom is "put one's finger on something" - to know the reason for something, esp. something that is a problem There's something wrong with his story, but I can't put my finger on what it is. If someone explains the root cause of a problem, you can say: You put your finger on it!

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  • The idiom is "put one's finger on something" - to know the reason for something, esp.
  • something that is a problem There's something wrong with his story, but I can't put my finger on what it is.
  • If someone explains the root cause of a problem, you can say: You put your finger on it!
  • That's the reason why we are having the problem.
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The idiom is "put one's finger on something" - to know the reason for something, esp. something that is a problem There's something wrong with his story, but I can't put my finger on what it is.

If someone explains the root cause of a problem, you can say:
You put your finger on it! That's the reason why we are having the problem.
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Thanks a lot.
What idiom can I use if I want to choose between two options, for example:
If I want to decide to go home or hotel, I will .....
Up to now, I thought "put one's finger on sth" means selecting that.
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If I want to decide to go home or to a hotel, I will weigh the advantages and disadvantages.

You don't need an idiom here. Idioms could be used for very difficult or trivial decisions:

It's six of one and half a dozen of the other = two rather unimportant choices of equal weight. You don't care which one of two choices.
It's like choosing between apples an
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