Be all thumbs 笨手笨腳
2023-06-01 14:05:13 每日學(xué)英語(yǔ)
be all fingers and thumbs從字面上看是“到處是手指和拇指”,真實(shí)含義是笨手笨腳。
【例句】
Mr. Zhang knocked over three beautiful vases and seemed to be all thumbs.
張先生打翻了三個(gè)漂亮的花瓶,看來(lái)是個(gè)笨手笨腳的人。
Whenever a man is required to do a little sewing, he seems to be all thumbs.
要一個(gè)男人做點(diǎn)針線時(shí),他總是顯得笨手笨腳的。