all thumbs
Lacking manual dexterity
All thumbs describes clumsiness with the hands, as if one's fingers had become thick, stubby appendages incapable of delicate work: I tried to thread the needle but I'm all thumbs today.
The phrase usually acknowledges temporary awkwardness rather than permanent ineptitude.
- butterfingersClumsy dropper of things
- butter fingersOne who drops things
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- ham-fistedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
two left feet · blundering · drop · drop the ball · awkward · bull in a china shop · unhandy · botch · maladroit · klutzy · slip · slip up · cack-handed · bungling · graceless · flub · inept · ham-handed
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- clumsyclumsy, awkward, bumbling, bungling, fumbling
- lack of skillincompetence, ineptitude, clumsiness, awkwardness, inexperience
- body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
- gracelessnessclumsiness, awkwardness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity
- Incompetencebungle, failure, botch, inability, blunder
physical dexterity and coordination
all thumbsdexterous
Physically skilled, agile
nimble-fingered · deft · adroit · coordinated · nimble
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