give the finger

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to raise your middle finger in the air with the back part of your hand facing sb, done to be rude to sb or to show them that you are angry

   ... I give you the finger ...

In the movies · 2

• That's exactly what we said to him. He's giving us the finger in The Crimson.The Social Network2010
• ... I give you the finger ...The Matrix1999
• And I'll give that finger to ya.The Banshees of Inisherin2022
• Maybe one of us would give the other the finger.Felon2008
• If you let me do that, I'll give you the other finger!Extraction2020

Learn it in full scenes

• The Social Network2010
  • Erica Dumps Mark at the Bar
  • Mark Builds Facemash
  • Mark Crashes Harvard's Network

From the same entry

• the finger of suspicion
• get, pull, your finger out
• have a finger in every pie
• have, your fingers in the till
• have your finger on the pulse
• lay a finger on
• not put your finger on
• put two fingers up at
• work your fingers to the bone
• burn your fingers
• be able to count on one hand
• cross your fingers

More idioms

• hold at bay
• in the blink of an eye
• in the event of
• in the public eye
• not for a minute
• play hard to get
• step out of line
• the ins and outs
• there is more to than meets the eye
• throw under the bus
• what makes tick
• in private