all fingers and thumbs in English

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "head": "all fingers and thumbs"
      },
      "expansion": "all fingers and thumbs (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tried to tie his shoelace but was all fingers and thumbs due to his nervousness."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clumsy or awkward"
      ],
      "id": "all_fingers_and_thumbs-en-adj-bu5ukfxG",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) clumsy or awkward"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "all eyes and ears"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "clumsy or awkward",
          "word": "all thumbs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "of a person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all fingers and thumbs"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "head": "all fingers and thumbs"
      },
      "expansion": "all fingers and thumbs (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "all eyes and ears"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tried to tie his shoelace but was all fingers and thumbs due to his nervousness."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clumsy or awkward"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) clumsy or awkward"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "of a person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "clumsy or awkward",
      "word": "all thumbs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all fingers and thumbs"
}

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"all fingers and thumbs" meaning in English

Adjective