单词 | to be good with one's hands |
释义 | > as lemmasto be good with one's hands i. to be good with one's hands: to be skilled at a variety of manual tasks; to be good at making or doing things; to be dexterous. ΚΠ 1883 Monthly Packet Mar. 235 He always was good with his hands... I sometimes think it is the only thing he is fit for—carpentering and odd jobs of that kind. 1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana (1962) 99 There was a lot of banging and clanking and something broke. ‘Rudy isn't very good with his hands,’ Beatrice said. 1987 J. Epstein Once more around Block 19 By now I was convinced that I had a short attention span, little perseverance.., and wasn't very good with my hands. 2001 M. Jones et al. in H. Gilbert Postcolonial Plays 449/1 My Tucker could maybe do something. He is awful good with his hands. < as lemmas |
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