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all thumbs [idiom]

very awkward with your hands

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Example:

I'm all fingers and thumbs today. That's the second plate I've dropped this morning.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

be all fingers and thumbs British English informal , be all thumbs American English informal

to be unable to control your fingers very well, so that you cannot do something : ‘Do you want some help unwrapping that?’ ‘Yes please, I’m all fingers and thumbs today.’

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

be all (ˌfingers and) ˈthumbs
to be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do something

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition © Oxford University Press, 2015

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

all ( fingers and) thumbs informal

very awkward with your hands:

Can you untangle this thread for me? I'm all thumbs today.

© Cambridge University Press 2013

American English

British English

inability and awkwardness

B1 (Intermediate)

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