Verb
(figuratively, chiefly in the negative) To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible.
She lets me do all the work and never lifts a finger to help.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lift, finger.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgBrockschmidt says that future versions could make it very easy to build routine programs that scrape information from websites, or automatically categorise Facebook photos, for example, without human coders having to lift a finger. Source: Internet
But all the crime he committed had the cover of the Amhara people, no one in the government dared to lift a finger against him. Source: Internet
Ideally, we’d all have our own private team of professional makeup artists waiting in the bathroom each morning, ready to buff and blend our faces into a picture-perfect finish, without ever needing to lift a finger. Source: Internet
But I’m glad to know that I haven’t missed out on price guarantee opportunities and that if the price does drop, I don’t have to lift a finger to get my refund. Source: Internet
They will feel taken care of, and your agents don’t have to lift a finger to make it happen. Source: Internet
Truth be told, no-one, and that includes ACLU, EFF, EPIC and other so-called privacy advocates, will lift a finger for anyone unless it gets their attorneys big retainers and publicity. Source: Internet