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In life, we often encounter situations where when others ask us about someone or something, we seem to have some impression, but we can't say it clearly or for a while. So, how to express "I can't say it" in English?
Next, let's take a look at a clip from The Parent Trap, a family comedy film directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Lindsey Rohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, and released in the United States in July 1998:
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In the clip, Chessy, parker's nanny, says to the little girl:
So something's changed about you, Hal. En... I can't put my fingers on it, but something about you is really changed.
There is a line in this passage:
I can't put my fingers on it.
The phrase is derived from the idiom "put one's finger on something," which means: to point it out correctly or precisely. But the idiom is often used as a negative sentence, in conjunction with can't, to mean "cannot be pointed out or said with certainty", such as:
I am sure there is a mistake in your calculations but I can't quite put my finger on it.
I'm sure you miscalculated, but I can't say what's wrong.
Another example:
Something is wrong with this radio, but I can't put my finger on what it is.
There was something wrong with the radio, but I couldn't tell.
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