jdm. auf die Finger schauen

to watch someone closely

Türkçe: birini yakından izlemek

Noun

Finger Pl.

Verb

schauen

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Die Lehrerin schaut dem Schüler bei der Klassenarbeit auf die Finger.

How it is used

Idiom meaning 'to watch someone closely'. Colloquial register. Use when supervising a trainee or suspect. Literally 'look at someone's fingers'. Implies distrust or caution.

Other verbs that go with Finger

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• lange Finger machento be light-fingered
• sich etw. aus den Fingern saugento make something up
• sich die Fingern verbrennento burn one's fingers

All collocations with Finger