not stir a finger

Even by the utmost exertion of his will he could not stir a finger or an eyelid.

Yet Uncle Felix did not stir a finger even.

Queen Victoria won't stir a finger without a nod from the savants and capitalists."

said one of the men, but he did not stir a finger to help him, nor did any of the others.

'Talk of mad dogs and Englishmen, how brave of you to go visiting at this hour, Rosette and I haven't stirred a finger for ages.'

I had it paid into my bank at Croydon by the Trade Delegation, and I wouldn't stir a finger till I had a letter from the manager about it in his own handwriting.

Even Melangell, crouching with the crutch hugged to her breast, could not stir a finger to help or break the spell, but hung upon every deliberate step with agonised eyes, as though she were laying her heart under his feet as a voluntary sacrifice to buy off fate.