Appendix:Gestures/small

Translingual

Production

1. Use only one hand, with all fingers closed except the index finger and the thumb, which are open or half-open.
2. Place the tips of the index and the thumb near each other, to convey the idea of the small space between them.

Adjective

[small]

1. Small (in size).
2. Close; near.
   • 2011, "The Shepherd", season 1, episode 6 of Once Upon a Time

     [Regina Mills tells Mary Margaret Blanchard to stay away from David Nolan, a married man who lost his memory]

     Regina Mills: Stay away. He's in a fragile state. He doesn't know who he is or what he's doing and you're this close [does the gesture with the index finger and the thumb near each other] to wrecking multiple lives.

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