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Can you help me to explain these Idioms ? 1) One's fingers are all thumbs 2) To be in the autumn of one's life 3) To live like fighting cocks Thanks
2017년 7월 25일 오후 3:11
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Just to add to Nicholas's answer, the first is very rarely used, the second is commonly used, and the third is so unheard of I wouldn't use it. I looked it up and apparently it means the same as "living large" but if you use it no one will know what you mean.
2017년 7월 25일
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One's fingers are all thumbs can also be said as I'm all fingers and thumbs. It means I am clumsy. You may say this when you drop something. To be in the autumn of one's life. This refers to your age. Spring is new life - when you are born, summer would be when you are 20s-40s. Autumn of one's life means you are getting old. I have never seen your third idiom before.
2017년 7월 25일
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