biting the thumb back in Verona at the time romeo and Juliet was set was an offense such as sticking up your middle finger now. just another socially unacceptable thing
Enough to fill a small book. A couple of people called Wayne F. Hill and Cynthia J. Ottchen compiled a bunch of them into a book called "Shakespeare's Insults: Educating your Wit" which Random House printed in 1995. It runs to 308 pages.
In act 1 scence 1 Sampson bites his thumb at abram biting your thumb was considered a sign of disrespect.
Thumb in the bun
I'm in glove with you.
In way back when Shakespeare plays were actually funny, biting your thumb was a hand gesture that is the equivalent of giving somebody the finger.
In medieval times this was the equivalent of giving someone the middle finger.
A very general rule of thumb used by pilots is there is roughly a 3 degree drop in temp for every 1000 feet of elevation.
biting the thumb back in Verona at the time romeo and Juliet was set was an offense such as sticking up your middle finger now. just another socially unacceptable thing
Biting your thumb at someone is a rude hand gesture that can be interpreted as an insult or a challenge. Its meaning may vary depending on cultural context, but generally, it signifies contempt or disrespect towards the person being gestured at.
thumb nail, thumb tack, thumb screw, thumb print
My thumb, from the palm-thumb joint to the thumb-tip is 7.0 cm.
Enough to fill a small book. A couple of people called Wayne F. Hill and Cynthia J. Ottchen compiled a bunch of them into a book called "Shakespeare's Insults: Educating your Wit" which Random House printed in 1995. It runs to 308 pages.
A ball of the thumb is the fleshy portion of the thumb opposite the nail, belonging to the first segment of the thumb.
its thumb mark meaning one print your thumb on soemthing and itl be caled a thumb mark or some one made a thumb mark that or surch thumb mark on google images.
The thumb is called a thumb instead of a finger because it is smaller than a finger. A thumb also has 2 joints and a finger has 3.
Your thumb is a lever because the joint that bends your thumb is a fulcrum.