You put your finger on the two things that can cause failure here.

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It had happened gradually, with nothing you could really put your finger on.

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It's hard to put your finger on why we are not scoring.

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"It is difficult to put your finger on a reason, " he said.

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The way in which we get poorer is by rising prices such as those for gasoline, and a broad economic deterioration which is quite difficult to put your finger on exactly.

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You put your finger on it.

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The thinking is that these social services are used the most, so it makes sense to put them at your finger tips.

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Another method is to put one finger on your upper eyelid in the spot where you feel the top of the lens and the thumb on the lower eyelid over the bottom corner of the lens.

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Then put an index finger in the middle of your throat.

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