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1 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) būti sugrubusiomis rankomisEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
См. также в других словарях:
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