finger-posts

They may not coerce genius, but they dictate and sway every action of the clay-born. if he hesitate on the verge of a new departure, they whip him back into the well-greased groove; if he pause, bewildered, at sight of some unexplored domain, they rise like ubiquitous finger-posts and direct him by the village path to the communal meadow.

The Dignity of Dollars 2010

No, and you'd never find it; they don't make 'em with finger-posts, you know.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

But there is no self-abandonment, and very little emotion; the letters are principally historical and critical, "finger-posts for commentators."

Henrik Ibsen 2008

But there is no self-abandonment, and very little emotion; the letters are principally historical and critical, "finger-posts for commentators."

Henrik Ibsen 2008

Northchapel, a place which a number of finger-posts conspired to boom, but which some insidious turning prevented him from attaining.

The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006

If he preferred it so, Isabel was willing enough; the reality was sufficiently distinct without their erecting finger-posts in conversation.

The Portrait of a Lady 2003

It was not a very difficult question to answer, as there was only one road through the wood, and the two finger-posts both pointed along it.

Through the Looking Glass 2003

Examiner; the power of fascination of the tale itself made its merits known to the public, without the kindly finger-posts of professional criticism; and, early in December, the rush began for copies.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002

No, and you'd never find it; they don't make 'em with finger-posts, you know.

Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

No, and you'd never find it; they don't make 'em with finger-posts, you know.

Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982