"have one's fingers all thumbs" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has one's fingers all thumbs [present, singular, third-person], having one's fingers all thumbs [participle, present], had one's fingers all thumbs [participle, past], had one's fingers all thumbs [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one's fingers all thumbs}} have one's fingers all thumbs (third-person singular simple present has one's fingers all thumbs, present participle having one's fingers all thumbs, simple past and past participle had one's fingers all thumbs)
  1. To be clumsy; to lack dexterity. Related terms: all thumbs
    Sense id: en-have_one's_fingers_all_thumbs-en-verb-teThW9YV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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