to be all thumbs
1all thumbs — {adj.}, {informal} Awkward, especially with your hands; clumsy. * /Harry tried to fix the chair but he was all thumbs./ …
2all thumbs — {adj.}, {informal} Awkward, especially with your hands; clumsy. * /Harry tried to fix the chair but he was all thumbs./ …
3thumbs, one's fingers are all thumbs — ● thumb …
4all thumbs — (Brit. informal) CLUMSY, awkward, maladroit, inept, unskilful, heavy handed, inexpert; informal butterfingered, cack handed, ham fisted, having two left feet; Brit. informal all fingers and thumbs; N. Amer. informal klutzy. → …
5all thumbs — adjective Clumsy; awkward; not dextrous. I am all thumbs when it comes to shuffling cards. See Also: thumb, mostly thumbs …
6all thumbs — clumsy, unable to hold it, fingers feel like thumbs When I try to sew a button on my shirt, I m all thumbs …
7all thumbs — Synonyms and related words: awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy fisted, cumbersome, fingers all thumbs, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham fisted, ham… …
8all\ thumbs — adj informal Awkward, especially with your hands; clumsy. Harry tried to fix the chair but he was all thumbs …
9all thumbs — have difficulty fixing things or working with one s hands, clumsy He is all thumbs when it comes to fixing things around the house …
10all thumbs — awkward in handling things. Can you thread this needle for me? I m all thumbs …
