be an [artist/patriot/professional/etc.] to (your) fingertips

if you say that someone is an artist, patriot, professional etc. to their fingertips, you mean that they behave in a way which is completely typical of such a person, and it is the most important part of their character.

Mark, a professional to his fingertips, insisted that we should make proper joints, not simply nail the pieces of wood together.

• ginger group
• gird loins
• gird up loins
• gird up your loins
• gird your loins
• girl Friday
• give a bad name
• give a bell
• give a bloody nose
• give a break
• give a buzz
• give a damn
• give a damn about
• give a damn about someone
• give a damn about something
• give a dirty look
• give a dose of own medicine
• give a dose of their own medicine
• give a fair crack of the whip
• give a fig
• give a foot in the door
• give a free hand
• give a free reign
• give a free rein
• give a hand