be all thumbs

释义

1. be all (fingers and) thumbs

   笨手笨脚；笨拙；手指不灵活

   to be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do sth

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• One still is all thumbs.Bicentennial Man1999
• I got them all under my thumb.Training Day2001
• All thumbs and webbed feet.The Bad Seed1956

在完整场景里学

• 训练日2001
  • 上班前妻子的叮嘱：screw something up（搞砸）
  • 车里逼搭档讲故事：keep your mouth shut（闭嘴）
  • 重罪拦截搜身：slap the taste out of your mouth（狠狠一巴掌教训你）

同一词条的短语

• hold thumbs
• thumbs up
• under thumb
• a rule of thumb
• stand out like a sore thumb
• twiddle your thumbs
• thumb your nose at
• thumb through