Daily life
be all fingers and thumbs
be clumsy with your hands
To be unable to use your hands easily because you are nervous or naturally clumsy.
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I am all fingers and thumbs today.
I am all fingers and thumbs when I try to wrap presents.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I have all fingers and thumbs when I am nervous.
Say: I am all fingers and thumbs when I am nervous.
Use the verb "be" in this fixed expression, not "have."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be all fingers and thumbs; get all fingers and thumbs; was all fingers and thumbs
Your turn: say it out loud
I am all fingers and thumbs when I try to wrap presents.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be all fingers and thumbs
be clumsy with your hands
“I am all fingers and thumbs when I try to wrap presents.”
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