What's the meaning of the phrase 'All fingers and thumbs'? Clumsy, unable to hold things steadily in one's hands. 'All fingers and thumbs' is how we might describe ourselves during a temporary loss of manual dexterity.
If you're "all thumbs," you are clumsy or awkward - imagine trying to do anything with five thumbs instead of four fingers and one thumb! This idiom usually refers to fine motor tasks. It means to be clumsy
You have 10 fingers if you count all of them, including thumbs.
The same way all thumbs are fingers but not all fingers are thumbs.
Tom is all thumbs when it comes to cooking. He tried to fix the motor, but he's all thumbs with tools.
8 fingers and 2 thumbs
The fingers and thumbs (along with your toes) are called phalanges (fil-an-jees).
Primates also have fingers and thumbs.
thumbs are not fingers because fingers have three joints and thumbs have two
Here are some sentences for this idiom. It means to be clumsy or unable to do something well.He was all thumbs when he tried to bake cookies.I'm all thumbs at sewing, but i can paint pretty well.She tried to learn how to knit, but she was all thumbs.
Well, if you count thumbs as fingers; 825,790. If not including thumbs; 660,632.
Most humans have 10 fingers, including their thumbs.
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