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idiomthumbsbe all thumbs(also be all fingers and thumbs BrE)used in order to say that you are unable to do things neatly and carefully with your hands:Believe me - I'm all thumbs in the kitchen - I would be useless without my gadgets to help me out.I was all fingers and thumbs as I tried to disentangle camera and rucksack from around my neck.give sth/sb the thumbs up1 if a person or organization in authority gives a plan or suggestion the thumbs up, they say that they approve of it and will allow it to happen ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:The City Council last night gave the thumbs up to a plan to build a housing development on the site of the old mall.Heather gave us the thumbs up, so we can start work on the project as soon as we like.2 to say that you approve of something or like it, especially when you are telling other people whether to use it or not ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:Two hundred school children gave the educational software the thumbs up, in a trial run by the company. The critics hated the film, but the public seems to have given it the thumbs up.get the thumbs up: Plans for the new football stadium got the thumbs up from officials and fans today. Building will begin in April.opposite give sth/sb the thumbs down: Holiday Magazine's latest issue gives three major tour operators the thumbs down on prices, service, and accommodation.
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See:- a pricking in (one's) thumbs
- a pricking in your thumbs
- a rule of thumb
- all thumbs
- all thumbs, to be
- be all fingers and thumbs
- be all thumbs
- be twiddling (one's) thumbs
- be twiddling your thumbs
- bite (one's) thumb at
- brown thumb
- give (something) the thumbs down
- give (something) the thumbs up
- give something the thumbs down
- give something the thumbs up
- green thumb
- green-thumbed
- have (someone) under (one's) thumb
- have a green thumb
- hitch a lift
- hitch a ride
- hold (one's) thumbs
- hold thumbs
- hold your thumbs
- keep (someone) under (one's) thumb
- rule of thumb
- stand out like a sore thumb
- stand/stick out like a sore thumb
- stick out
- stick out like a sore thumb
- stick out like a sore thumb, to
- the thumbs up/down
- thumb (one's) nose at (someone or something)
- thumb a lift
- thumb a ride
- thumb nose
- thumb nose at
- thumb on the scale
- thumb one's nose
- thumb through
- thumb through (something)
- thumb your nose at
- thumb your nose at somebody/something
- thumb your nose at someone
- thumb/hitch a lift
- thumbs down
- thumbs up
- turn thumbs down
- turn thumbs down (on something)
- turn thumbs down on someone/something
- turn thumbs up
- turn thumbs up (on something)
- twiddle (one's) thumbs
- twiddle one’s thumbs
- twiddle one's thumbs
- twiddle one's thumbs, to
- twiddle thumbs
- twiddle your thumbs
- two thumbs up
- under (one's) thumb
- under somebody's thumb
- under someone’s thumb
- under someone's thumb
- under thumb
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