one's fingers are all thumbs and variants: one is clumsy, awkward, or lacking in manual dexterity. Cf. to be all fingers and thumbs at phrases 4q.
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] > be a thief (4) one's fingers are all thumbs1546 one's fingers are all thumbs and variants: one is clumsy, awkward, or lacking in manual dexterity. Cf. to be all fingers and thumbs at phrases 4q. to try it on1811 to try it on (with play on sense 9): to attempt an imposition; to endeavour to outwit or get the better of some one (usually const. with); spec. in… work1819 intransitive. colloquial. To operate illegally or criminally, esp. as a thief or swindler. In early use also with †upon, specifying a type of… scavenge1938 absol. or intransitive. transferred. To borrow; to thieve; to search through rubbish for (left-overs or unwanted objects). |
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