clumsy fingers

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• Clumsy — Clum sy, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• clumsy — adjective (clumsier; est) Etymology: probably from obsolete English clumse benumbed with cold Date: circa 1598 1. a. lacking dexterity, nimbleness, or grace < clumsy fingers > b. lackin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fingers like pig's tits — Phrs. Clumsy fingers …   English slang and colloquialisms

• fingers and thumbs — If you are all fingers and thumbs, you are being clumsy and not very skilled with your hands …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• clumsy — adjective 1) she was terribly clumsy Syn: awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, graceless, lumbering, inelegant, inept, unskilful, accident prone, all fingers and thumbs; informal cack handed, ham fisted, butterfingered; N.Amer.; informal klutzy …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• clumsy — Synonyms and related words: Doric, all thumbs, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, botched, bovine, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, cacophonous, careless, cloddish, clownish, clumsy fisted, coarse,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fingers and thumbs —    If you are all fingers and thumbs, you are being clumsy and not very skilled with your hands.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Fingers and thumbs —   If you are all fingers and thumbs, you are being clumsy and not very skilled with your hands …   Dictionary of English idioms

• fingers are all thumbs, one's —  One is clumsy with one s hands …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• butter-fingers —  Clumsy person …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• all fingers and thumbs —    If you re all fingers and thumbs, you are too excited or clumsy to do something properly that requires manual dexterity.     All thumbs is an alternative form of the idiom.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you are all fingers and… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions