| 单词 | to be all fingers and thumbs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be all fingers and thumbs q. colloquial (chiefly British). to be all fingers and thumbs: to be lacking in manual dexterity, clumsy, awkward in one’s actions. Cf. thumb n. 5c, one's fingers are all thumbs at Phrases 2a. ΚΠ 1847 J. F. Cooper in Bentley's Mag. Jan. 491 She became what is called ‘all fingers and thumbs’, and in loosening the third half-hitch, she cast off the two others. 1890 Northern Echo 27 Jan. 4/4 They seemed all fingers and thumbs, and the ball would glance off and away the moment they touched it. 1955 Times 28 Feb. 3/2 This English hero loves to show himself as a monument of inefficiency, all fingers and thumbs. 2004 Essentials Dec. 108/1 If you're all fingers and thumbs when it comes to wrapping the presents, don't panic! < as lemmas |
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