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all thumbs

1. 笨手笨脚

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。

bite the thumbs at

1. 蔑视

Don't bite the thumbs at that poor child!

不要蔑视那可怜的孩子!

thumb through

1. 翻查; 一翻而过

He thumbed through the book again to look for the bookmark.

他又翻了一遍书, 想找到那张书签。

turn down the thumb

1. 表示反对

All of them turned down the thumb at the suggestion.

他们大家都反对这一建议。

turn up the thumb

1. 表示赞成

Only two people at the meeting turned up the thumb for the idea.

在会上只有两人对那个主意表示赞成。

twiddle one's thumbs

1. 闲得无聊; 浪费时间

Sometimes they had nothing to do in the office and just sat twiddling their thumbs.

有时候办公室里无事可做, 他们就坐着无聊地打发时间。

under sb.'s thumb

1. 在某人的控制下

We don't want to be under anybody's thumb.

我们不想被任何人所控制。