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Date: Apr 29 2013
Topic: Idioms and Slang
Author: BeatriceChiu
All thumbs: awkward / clumsy in handling things.E.g., When it comes to cooking, my husband is all thumbs.(說到燒菜,我先生笨手笨腳的。)All thumbs就是「笨手笨腳」之意。thumbs是「拇指」,all thumbs就是以誇張的方式來形容每根手指都跟大拇指一樣粗大,東西都拿不好,就變成笨手笨腳的。
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