掐指 meaning in English

nip the fingers

Rove has been at the president ' s side for more than 14 years , starting with bush ' s run for governor of texas
从为布什的德州州长竞选而奔走掐指算起，罗夫已追随了布什14年有余。
On the chinese new year of dog , i had just spent my forth year living in edinburgh , scotland but the memory of my first day in edinburgh was still fresh
当中国狗年来临的时候，掐指算来这已经是我来到爱丁堡的第四个年头了。