If you don't know what it means, we are on the same side!
Apparently the 'wet finger in the air' is an idiom that has a convoluted reason behind it. I did discover the reason after a month - when someone wets their finger and holds it up, he/she is trying to gauge the direction of the wind flow at that moment. Once they have this piece of knowledge, they could align their decision along with the rest of the majority.
I wish I had realised this earlier as I had to do a lot of I-am-not-sure-what-you-are-doing-ewwww whenever I had seen anyone licking their finger and sticking it up in the air.
I guess, it's going to be one of the idioms that I know but will never use - just because of this and also because it fits into my do-away-with-clichés-wherever-I-can plan.
There - taught you something new today, didn't I?
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6 comments:
The same thing happened with me at work! I didn't know what it meant but thought it was a particularly disgusting thing to do. Now I know what it signifies!
My pleasure :)
Just a news but tells what any IT- person go thru on their dail life ... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Loo_seats_cleaner_than_keyboards/articleshow/3001552.cms
Read about this in the local newspaper here too.
Next someone does the 'wet finger in the air', I'll narrate this story! That might make them stop doing it :)
Thank you for this... been puzzled and almost kind of disgusted, because no one uses this in the US! LOL.
It is certainly interesting for me to read that blog. Thank author for it. I like such topics and anything that is connected to this matter. I definitely want to read a bit more on that blog soon.
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