All thumbs
To have difficulty fixing things or working with one's hands, to be clumsy. My friend is all thumbs when he fixes things around his house.
To have difficulty fixing things or working with one's hands, to be clumsy. My friend is all thumbs when he fixes things around his house.
Always, continually, often. My sister asks for money all the time but I never give it to her.
To be in current fashion. The new sneakers were all the rage during the summer.
Throughout the whole day. I know the words to the song, “I've been working on the railroad, all the livelong day.”
To talk about doing something but never really doing it. Our boss is all talk and no action and nothing new is ever done in our department.
Everything is ready, often used when a rocket is launched. It was all systems go and we began the installation of the new computer system.
Today the idiom is used in common speech, generally with mild irony, to describe insincere courtesy. For example: The girl is all sweetness... Read more →
To be ready to begin, to be okay. We were all set so we began the meeting.
Okay, satisfactory. It should be all right for me to bring my friend to the party.
Everywhere. We traveled all over the place on our holiday.