lay a hand/finger on somebody

[usually in negatives] to touch someone with the intention of hurting them 对某人动手

I swear I didn’t lay a finger on him.

我发誓我没有对他动过一根手指头。

If you lay one hand on me, I’ll scream.

你要是碰我一下，我就要叫了。

Examples from the Corpus

lay a hand/finger on somebody• He wouldn't dare lay a finger on any of us.• The odds are that the young man would not have laid a finger on her, but what if ...?• If she laid a hand on him, what could he do besides run for it?• I lay a hand on his chest and felt him breathe, mile after mile through the Kentucky night.• I laid a hand on his hair.• Some one laid a hand on me.• Stuyvesant responded by laying hands on To bias Feake, who delivered the document, arresting and eventually banishing him.

→ lay a hand/finger on somebody at lay2(4)

词汇	lay a hand/finger on somebody
释义	lay a hand/finger on somebody lay a hand/finger on somebody [usually in negatives] to touch someone with the intention of hurting them 对某人动手 I swear I didn’t lay a finger on him. 我发誓我没有对他动过一根手指头。 If you lay one hand on me, I’ll scream. 你要是碰我一下，我就要叫了。 Examples from the Corpus lay a hand/finger on somebody• He wouldn't dare lay a finger on any of us.• The odds are that the young man would not have laid a finger on her, but what if ...?• If she laid a hand on him, what could he do besides run for it?• I lay a hand on his chest and felt him breathe, mile after mile through the Kentucky night.• I laid a hand on his hair.• Some one laid a hand on me.• Stuyvesant responded by laying hands on To bias Feake, who delivered the document, arresting and eventually banishing him. → lay a hand/finger on somebody at lay2(4)
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