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Why is biting a thumb is offensive to the Capulet in shakespeare story Romeo and Juliet?
biting the thumb back in Verona at the time romeo and Juliet was set was an offense such as sticking up your middle finger now. just another socially unacceptable thing
Is Virginia Cha from Headline News married?
Judging from the size of the rock on her wedding finger, I'd say she is.
Who bites his thumb?
In act 1 scence 1 Sampson bites his thumb at abram biting your thumb was considered a sign of disrespect.
What does it mean bite your thumb in romeo and Juliet?
The gesture is called a "fico" from the Italian word for a fig. It consists of making a fist with the thumb extended, which looks like a lump with a slightly bent long protruding thing. Yes, very much like the lump with a slightly bent long protruding thing you get when making a fist and extending the middle finger. And very much like another part of some people's anatomy. And also, according to the Italians, a fig. To "bite your thumb" is to make the fico and then flick your thumb off your upper teeth towards whoever it is you want to insult. It means the same as showing someone your middle finger. Now you know the origin of the expression "a fig for that!". Shakespeare uses this expression once or twice, noticeably by Pistol in Henry IV Part II near the end of the play: "When Pistol lies, do this; and fig me, like The bragging Spaniard." For some reason Pistol associates the fico with Spain not Italy, but you know what he's doing when he says "do this"!
How many fingers are on the human hands?
Oh, dude, come on, seriously? Like, there are typically five fingers on each human hand unless you've been up to some weird experiments or something. So, yeah, five fingers, unless you're a mutant or something, then I can't help you with that.
