lift your little finger

lift your little finger
   to drink intoxicants
   On a single occasion, from the conveyance of the glass to the mouth, or more often of a drunkard:
    Liquors a bit, don't you know; lifts his little finger. (F. M. Peacock, 1890)
   In the same sense you may lift other parts of your anatomy, including your arm, your elbow, or your wrist.

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