lifting a finger
Doing the least
Lifting a finger means making even the smallest effort, almost always used in the negative to criticize inaction: He didn't lift a finger to help with the dishes.
The image is of effort so minimal that merely raising a finger would count—yet even that doesn't happen.
She expects everyone else to do the work without lifting a finger herself.
- insoucianceLighthearted lack of concern
- helpAssistance given
- lend a handOffer assistance to someone
- pitch inContribute effort cooperatively
- effortApplied energy toward goals
idleness · contribute · gesture · negligence · nonchalance · budge · apathy · aid · complacency · passivity · stand by · stir · avoidance · minimal · do nothing · sitting idle · inaction · responsibility
lifting a fingerbackbreaking work
Extremely strenuous labor
breaking one's back · slaving away · heavy lifting · toiling · busting a gut
lifting a fingergoing the extra mile
Surpassing what's asked
pitching in · stepping up · rolling up one's sleeves · pulling one's weight · taking action
lift, lifted, lifter, lifters, lifts, liftoff, uplift, uplifting, uplifted