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Julia Huong
2021-12-09 04:12
Be all (fingers and) thumbs British Australia phrase informal
To use one's hands clumsily or awkwardly.
I don't think that she could become a good doctor. She's all fingers and thumbs.
Don't ask Jack to repair your car. He's all fingers and thumbs.
You are all thumbs. That's the second glass you've broken today!
The verb "be" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This idea was articulated in the mid-16th century as each finger is a thumb. The term "all thumbs" originated in the nineteenth century to denote a total lack of dexterity.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
