Usage examples of "Finger" in German with translation to English

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Finger weg von meinem Fahrrad! Keep your hands off my bicycle.
Finger weg von meinen Sachen! Don't touch my stuff!
Das hat mir mein kleiner Finger erzählt. A little bird told me.
Es ist unhöflich, mit dem Finger auf Leute zu zeigen. It is rude to point at people.
Wenn man ihm den kleinen Finger gibt, so nimmt er die ganze Hand. Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Meine Mutter hat mir beigebracht, dass es unhöflich ist, mit dem Finger zu zeigen. My mother taught me that it's not polite to point.
Sophie war so hungrig, dass sie alles aufaß, was sie in die Finger bekam. Sophie was so hungry that she ate everything that she could get her hands on.
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