English Explanatory Dictionary

all thumbs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Clumsy; awkward; not dextrous.

Word forms

all thumbs

Etymology

From the proverb "when he should get aught, each finger is a thumb", from John Heywood's Collection of 1546.

Synonyms

all fingers and thumbs

Related words

mostly thumbs
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