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)

  1. (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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