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Latest post Thu, May 25 2006 4:20 PM by Philip. 2 replies.
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Stupidboy  +  228827 Thu, 25 May 06 08:47 AM

could you tell me the meaning of the following setences:

all fingers and thumbs

get in someone's hair

please give me some examples

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Inchoateknowledge  +  228836 Thu, 25 May 06 09:02 AM
1. You are clumsy, inept  if you are all fingers and thumbs.
2. Someone who annoys you gets in your hair.

Do not ask this guy to help us, he is all fingers and thumbs.
Larry, could you get the children out of my hair, I have been cooking and they are under my feet the whole time.

Inchoate

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Philip  +  228956 Thu, 25 May 06 04:20 PM
 Inchoateknowledge wrote:
1. You are clumsy, inept  if you are all fingers and thumbs.
2. Someone who annoys you gets in your hair.

Do not ask this guy to help us, he is all fingers and thumbs.
Larry, could you get the children out of my hair, I have been cooking and they are under my feet the whole time.

Inchoate

In AE I've heard "all thumbs" without mention of "fingers".  It seems to me that all thumbs would be much more clumsy than fingers and thumbs.
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