be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs

be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) zwei linke Hände haben

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