Meaning Clumsy or physically inept.
Usage Worldwide, more used by the older generations.
Example
- I just can't manage to tie this bow tie - I'm all thumbs.
Pronunciation
Idiom
All thumbs
What does "All thumbs" mean?
Clumsy or physically inept.
All thumbs
Britain, 19th century. A variant of the 16th century expression ‘each finger was a thumb’.