The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling.

想到将要无所事事，他就非常害怕。

I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs.

我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。

She checked the hall, then gave the others a thumbs-up sign.

她查看了一下大厅，然后冲其他人竖了一下大拇指。

They gave Lavalle the thumbs-up sign.

他们对拉瓦列竖起了大拇指。

Harry tried to fix the chair, but he was all thumbs.

哈里想修理那把椅子, 可他笨手笨脚的.

Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs.

莫笑皮匠拇指黑.

I'm all fingers and thumbs today.

今天我手脚不灵.

His fingers are all thumbs.

他笨手笨脚.

I'm afraid it's thumbs down for your new proposal.

我看你的新建议是行不通了.

Strangers talked to each other, laughed , and pointed thumbs up.

不相识的人互相交谈, 有说有笑, 还翘起大拇指.

I dropped my coffee cup. I'm all thumbs today.

我把咖啡杯掉到地上了. 我今天笨手笨脚的.

Don't bite the thumbs at that poor child!

不要蔑视那可怜的孩子!

I'm all fingers and thumbs this morning.

今天上午我笨手笨脚老是出差错.

Speaking of chemistry, he is all thumbs.

化学方面他可笨透了.

I'm sitting around twiddling my thumbs.

我坐在那闲得无聊.

1. This glove has a hole in the thumb.
   这只手套的大拇指处有个洞。
2. The baby sucked its thumb.
   那婴孩吮吸大拇指。
3. John always bites the thumbs at Jack's greedy action.
   约翰总是对杰克的贪婪行为嗤之以鼻。

be all (fingers and) thumbs

笨手笨脚be very clumsy

stick out like a sore thumb

显得别扭be very obvious or conspicuous and unpleasing

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  出自：H. James

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的uma；最初源自西日耳曼语的thumon-，意为拇指，手套上的拇指指套。