"make a poor fist of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "be a poor fist at",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<,,made>"
      },
      "expansion": "make a poor fist of (third-person singular simple present makes a poor fist of, present participle making a poor fist of, simple past and past participle made a poor fist of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "make a fist of"
        },
        {
          "word": "make a good fist of"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Thomas Flanagan, novel, The Tenants of Time Chapter 6",
          "text": "I had scant wish for tea, but for want of something to do, I poured myself a cup. Whatever Ned's merits as a captain, he was a poor fist at the tea making.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a task badly, incompetently, or unsuccessfully."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_a_poor_fist_of-en-verb-~hvkj~w0",
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "incompetently",
          "incompetently"
        ],
        [
          "unsuccessfully",
          "unsuccessfully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To perform a task badly, incompetently, or unsuccessfully."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make a poor fist of"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made a poor fist of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "be a poor fist at",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<,,made>"
      },
      "expansion": "make a poor fist of (third-person singular simple present makes a poor fist of, present participle making a poor fist of, simple past and past participle made a poor fist of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "make a fist of"
        },
        {
          "word": "make a good fist of"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Thomas Flanagan, novel, The Tenants of Time Chapter 6",
          "text": "I had scant wish for tea, but for want of something to do, I poured myself a cup. Whatever Ned's merits as a captain, he was a poor fist at the tea making.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a task badly, incompetently, or unsuccessfully."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "incompetently",
          "incompetently"
        ],
        [
          "unsuccessfully",
          "unsuccessfully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To perform a task badly, incompetently, or unsuccessfully."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make a poor fist of"
}