FICKLE FINGER OF FATE

Meaning of FICKLE FINGER OF FATE in English

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Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

FICKLE FINGER OF FATE — See: ACT OF GOD.
Slang English vocab
FICKLE FINGER OF FATE — See: ACT OF GOD.
Словарь английских идиом
FICKLE FINGER OF FATE — (See the fickle finger of fate)
English Idioms vocab
FICKLE — ínconstant, capriciosi
English interlingue dictionary
FICKLE — kapritsoso;mabaihinon;mabalhinon;palingpaiing
English-Visayan vocabulary
FICKLE — adjective see: foe Date: 13th century marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability ; given to erratic changeableness, see: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FINGER — I. ˈfiŋgə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fingar finger, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FICKLE — I. ˈfikəl adjective ( often fickler -k(ə)lə(r) ; often ficklest -k(ə)lə̇st) Etymology: Middle English fikel false, deceitful, inconstant, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FATE — I. ˈfāt, usu -ād.+V noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin or Middle French; Middle French fate, from Latin fatum …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FICKLE — (a.) Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; …
Английский словарь Webster
FATE — (n.) The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping …
Английский словарь Webster
FINGER — — fingerer , n. — fingerless , adj. /fing"geuhr/ , n. 1. any of the terminal members of the hand, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FICKLE — — fickleness , n. /fik"euhl/ , adj. 1. likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FATE — /fayt/ , n. , v. , fated, fating . n. 1. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FICKLE — adj. changeable, inconsistent; inconstant in one's affections
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FINGER — I. ˈfiŋ-gər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fingar finger Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FATE — I. ˈfāt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin fatum, literally, what has been …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FICKLE — adjective Etymology: Middle English fikel deceitful, inconstant, from Old English ficol deceitful; akin to Old English be fician to deceive, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINGER — vt to touch lightly; to toy with. 2. finger ·vt to execute, as any delicate work. 3. finger ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
FICKLE — adj not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; …
Webster English vocab
FATE — noun appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death. 2. fate ·noun …
Webster English vocab
FICKLE — ■ adjective changeable, especially as regards one's loyalties. Derivatives ~ness noun fickly adverb Origin OE ficol 'deceitful', of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FINGER — [fin.ger] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG fingar finger] (bef. 12c) 1: any of the five terminating members of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FICKLE — [fick.le] adj [ME fikel deceitful, inconstant, fr. OE ficol deceitful; akin to OE befician to deceive, and prob. to OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FATE — [fate] n [ME, fr. MF or L; MF, fr. L fatum, lit., what has been spoken, fr. neut. of fatus, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FINGER — ancient measure of 1/8 yard, or 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm), used primarily to measure lengths of cloth. The finger …
Britannica English vocabulary
FATE — Greek Moira, plural Moirai, Latin Parca, plural Parcae in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human …
Britannica English vocabulary
FICKLE — fickle BrE AmE ˈfɪk ə l ▷ fickle|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FATE — fate, Fate BrE AmE feɪt ▷ fated ˈfeɪt ɪd -əd AmE \ ˈfeɪt̬ əd ▷ fates, Fates feɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FINGER — / ˈfɪŋgə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. one of the four long thin parts that stick out …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FICKLE — / ˈfɪkl; NAmE / adjective ( disapproving ) 1. changing often and suddenly : The weather here is notoriously fickle. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATE — / feɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINGER — I. fin ‧ ger 1 S2 W2 /ˈfɪŋɡə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FICKLE — fick ‧ le /ˈfɪk ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ficol 'deceiving' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FATE — fate /feɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin fatum 'what has been spoken (by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FINGER — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the terminal projections of the hand (including or excluding the thumb). 2 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FICKLE — adj. inconstant, changeable, esp. in loyalty. øøfickleness n. fickly adv. [OE ficol; cf. befician deceive, fócne deceitful]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FATE — n. & v. --n. 1 a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably. 2 a the future regarded as determined by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FINGER — n. & v. n. 1 any of the terminal projections of the hand (including or excluding the thumb). 2 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FICKLE — adj. inconstant, changeable, esp. in loyalty. fickleness n. fickly adv. [ OE ficol; cf. befician deceive, fcne deceitful ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FATE — n. & v. n. 1 a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably. 2 a the future regarded as determined by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FINGER — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the terminal projections of the hand (including or excluding the thumb). 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
FICKLE — adj. inconstant, changeable, esp. in loyalty. Derivatives: fickleness n. fickly adv. Etymology: OE ficol; cf. befician deceive, f{aelig}cne deceitful
Oxford English vocab
FATE — n. & v. --n. 1. a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably. 2 a the future regarded as determined by …
Oxford English vocab
FINGER — ( fingers, fingering, fingered) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your fingers …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FICKLE — 1. If you describe someone as fickle , you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATE — ( fates) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Fate is a power …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FICKLE — 1. If you describe someone as ~, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FATE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Fate is a power that …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FINGER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be caught with your hands/fingers in the till (= to be caught stealing from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FICKLE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ fickle winds ▪ She had been a great star once, but the fickle public …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FATE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES by a strange quirk of fate ▪ Years later, by a strange quirk of fate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FINGER — [noun] [C] - any of the long thin jointed parts of the hand, esp. those which are not thumbsHe noticed …
Cambridge English vocab
FICKLE — [adjective] [disapproving] - likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly and without a good reasonShe's so fickle - …
Cambridge English vocab
FATE — [noun] [C usually singular] - the things that happen to a particular person or thing, esp. something final or negative, …
Cambridge English vocab
FICKLE — Synonyms and related words : adrift, afloat, agnostic, alternating, ambiguous, ambitendent, ambivalent, amorphous, at loose ends, brittle, capricious, chancy, changeable, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FICKLE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: INCONSTANT 1, capricious, changeable, lubricious, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, unstable, variable, volatile Related Words: unfaithful; undependable, unreliable …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FICKLE
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FICKLE — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ a little , slightly , etc. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FATE — noun 1 sb/sth's future ADJECTIVE ▪ awful , grim , horrible , terrible ▪ cruel , unhappy ▪ What an …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FATE — n. 25B6; noun what has fate in store for me? : DESTINY, providence, the stars, chance, luck, serendipity, fortune, kismet, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINGER — n. 1 digit How many fingers am I holding up? 2 have a finger in be or become or get …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FICKLE — adj. flighty, capricious, frivolous, unpredictable, moody, giddy, fanciful, whimsical, fitful, mercurial, volatile, unstable, changeable, mutable, inconstant, changeful, unsteady, unsteadfast, indecisive, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FATE — n. 1 fortune, lot, luck, chance, life, destiny, God's will, providence, doom, karma, kismet, toss or throw of the dice, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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