指先でこつこつたたくの英語

to poke with a fingertip

to play with something using one's fingers

beat the devil's tattoo

to handle something with the fingers

to let a person play with something with his or her fingers

a picture that is made by applying paint directly to a surface with the fingers

to throw one's thumb out of joint

to pick up something one time between the thumb and a finger

run a splinter into one's finger

to take a finger in one's mouth―put a finger in one's mouth

with a fillip

to be able to fumble something with the fingers

force with the thumb

I have a splinter in my finger.

I have run a splinter into my finger.

Lick fingers

to throw one's thumb out of joint

（日本では）to bend one's fingers―（西洋では）―count anything on one's fingers

I have a swollen finger.

I got a finger caught in the door.

I put a finger between the leaves.

the finger farthest from the thumb

I got a splinter in my finger.

an instant of flicking the fingers

to prick one's finger with a needle

of a Japanese 'yakuza' gangster, to cut off the tip of his little finger

I pricked my finger with a needle.

He is looking on with a finger in his mouth.

the thumb is absent

I have pricked my finger with a needle.