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Pucca Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

I am a fish in..?

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00I was wondering if there is any idiom to express that you have no idea of something? 02br
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00In Spanish it is said "Estoy pez en gramática"..something like.."I am a fish in grammar", it sounds..strange and funny. (I am sure it is not said in that way!:P)02br
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0I'm like a fish out of water - means I'm in a situation I can't cope with/have no experience of. 0-

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  • 0I'm like a fish out of water - means I'm in a situation I can't cope with/have no experience of.
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0I'm like a fish out of water - means I'm in a situation I can't cope with/have no experience of. So perhaps that is similar in meaning.02br
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00But no, we don't use just the word 'fish' like this.02br
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00I can't think of any idioms for that.0-
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0 01i00When it comes to grammar, I'm like a fish out of water.02br
00 Grammar is all Greek to me.02i02br
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00 For more physical skills involving the hands you can use 01i00I'm all thumbs02i00:02br
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01i00I'm all thumbs when it comes to [gardening / baking a cake / playing the piano / fixi
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11i10I'm all thumbs when it comes to [gardening / baking a cake / playing the piano / fixing the car].12i12br
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01cite10Pucca12cite10I was wondering if there is any idiom to express that you have no idea of something? 12br
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10In Spanish it is said "Estoy pez en gramática"..something like.."I am a fish in grammar"12br
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10Could it be 'I'm a washout/ dead loss/ hopeless at grammar' ? Don
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0 Welcome to English Forums, Toshy!02br
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00 Read the whole thread, and you will see that "I'm all thumbs" is an idiom which means "I have no skill" or "I am not coordinated enough".02br
00 The idea is that the person is as awkward at the task as if he or she had 10 thumbs at the ends of his hands instead of the normal arrangement of fingers!02br

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0 Francesca,02br
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00 I'd use "hopeless at". Of course, it's not an idiom, which is what I believe Pucca was looking for.02br
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00 "washout" and "dead loss" are more like idioms, but I don't use those expressions in the context of being bad at something. I don't think I use "washout" at all. I use "It was a dead loss" to mean "It was a comple
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0Thanks for your detailed explanation Jim 050010id1
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0 Hello all!02br
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00Sorry, I guess I am a bit late, thanks for your help!:)02br
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00By the way, does "I'm all thumbs" mean..clumsy? I read it somewhere but I don't remember well!02br
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00(I've just learnt two things more..05000, thanks EF team!:D)010id2
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10"I'm all thumbs" is an idiom which means "I have no skill" or "I am not coordinated enough".12br
10The idea is that the person is as awkward at the task as if he or she had 10 thumbs at the ends of his hands instead of the normal arrangement of fingers!12br
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