| 单词 | all thumbs |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with all thumbsall thumbs Physically awkward, especially with respect to the hands, as in When it comes to knitting, Mary is all thumbs. The notion of this idiom derives from a proverb in John Heywood's collection of 1546: “When he should get aught, each finger is a thumb.” The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. all thumbsSEE SYNONYMS FOR all thumbs ON THESAURUS.COM Clumsy or awkward: “Where plumbing is concerned, Walter is all thumbs.” Words nearby all thumbsall the thing, all the time, all the way, All the world's a stage, all the worse, all thumbs, all-time, all told, all to the good, allude, all up The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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