you can count something on (the fingers of) one hand

you can count something on (the fingers of) one hand
you can count something on (the fingers of) one hand spoken phrase
used for saying that there are very few things or people of a particular type
Thesaurus: words used to describe small amounts and quantitiessynonym
Main entry: count

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  • can count something on the fingers of one hand — can count (something) on the fingers of one hand if you say that you can count things on the fingers of one hand, you are emphasizing that they are very rare. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times she s actually offered to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • can count on the fingers of one hand — can count (something) on the fingers of one hand if you say that you can count things on the fingers of one hand, you are emphasizing that they are very rare. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times she s actually offered to… …   New idioms dictionary

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  • count — I UK [kaʊnt] / US verb Word forms count : present tense I/you/we/they count he/she/it counts present participle counting past tense counted past participle counted *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to calculate how many people or things there are… …   English dictionary

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