- be all fingers and thumbs Brit.
- be all fingers and thumbs Brit.informalbe clumsy.→ finger
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be all fingers and thumbs — ► be all fingers and thumbs Brit. informal be clumsy. Main Entry: ↑finger … English terms dictionary
be all fingers and thumbs — be all fingers and thumbs, have one s fingers all thumbs, etc see under ↑thumb • • • Main Entry: ↑finger * * * be all fingers and thumbs phrase to be unable to do a small difficult job because you cannot control your fingers well enough Thesaurus … Useful english dictionary
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awkward — adjective 1) the box was awkward to carry Syn: difficult, tricky, cumbersome, unwieldy; Brit.; informal fiddly 2) you re being really awkward Syn: unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
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