Wednesday, September 15, 2021

All Thumbs

all thumbs: not skillful with one's hands.

Example: "Don't hire Mark to do repairs in your house: he's all thumbs."

The earliest known version of the saying in English comes from a 1546 collection by John Heywood: "When he should get aught [anything], each finger is a thumb."

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