all thumbs

(adjective) clumsy, careless, awkward

Example Sentences:

I’m all thumbs when it comes to Origami. I’m terrible at it!

A: How are your guitar lessons going?
B: Not very good. I’m all thumbs! My fingers won’t do what I tell them to!

Media:

all thumbs idiom

Similar idioms:

  1. butterfingers
  2. believe in
  3. work one’s fingers to the bone

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