to be all thumbs
- Fuente de la expresión
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Estructura completa
- to be all thumbs
- Variantes
- to be all fingers and thumbs, to be a clumsy oaf
- Contexto
- Before long, the baby would fuss, then all the Good Night, Baby rituals. I tried to help, but I was all thumbs. Too big or loud or clumsy. Besides, I never knew where she kept anything. Still, I don't think that bedtime behavior was good for her, or for me, or for the baby. After my wife twinkled up the " Mary Had a Little Lamb " number half a dozen times, she'd kneel beside the crib and whisper, " Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. " I don't know. Is that supposed to help? It didn't
- Tipo de fuente
- magazine
- Autor
- Cathleen Calbert
- Título de la fuente
- Greece
- Año
- 2003
- Web
- The Southern Review <http://thesouthernreview.org/>
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente