ha tummen mitt i handen
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Swedish
Etymology
ha (“have”) + tummen (“one's thumb”) + mitt (“middle”) + i (“in”) + handen (“one's hand”), literally "have one's thumb in the middle of one's hand."
Verb
ha tummen mitt i handen (present har tummen mitt i handen, preterite hade tummen mitt i handen, supine haft tummen mitt i handen, imperative ha tummen mitt i handen)
- (idiomatic) to lack practical skills, to be all thumbs
- Han hade tummen mitt i handen och klarade knappt att sätta ihop IKEA-möbler
- He was all thumbs and hardly even managed to assemble IKEA furniture
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