Смысл: butter-fingers

butter-fingers[ʹbʌtə͵fıŋgəz]
n pl разг.
<Í> растяпа, неумёха; человек, у которого всё валится из рук; ≅ дырявые руки; руки-крюки

burn (one's) fingers Идиома

butter fingers

unable to catch or hold, cement hands "When Anna dropped the ball, Shelly said, ""Butter fingers!"""

have sticky fingers

be a thief He was fired because of his sticky fingers at the cash register.

put one's fingers on something

locate precisely, remember exactly I was finally able to put my fingers on the problem and find someone to help me fix it.

sticky fingers

the habit of stealing things that one sees and wants The young boy has sticky fingers and you must watch him all the time.

work my fingers to the bone

work so hard that I become thin and weak I worked my fingers to the bone to help my kids get an education.

slip through one's fingers

escape without sb．'s knowing how 从某人指缝中溜掉；失去（机会）
Mike earns a good wage， but he doesn't save a penny． Money just slips through his fingers．迈克收入不错，但他不存一分钱，钱都被他花掉了。
The opportunity will slip through your fingers if you do not seize it．这个机会你不抓住的话，就会错过的。

snap one's fingers at

show contempt for；show no respect for蔑视；漠视
Don't snap your fingers at his proposal；I think it at least merits our consideration．不要小看他的建议，我认为至少值得我们考虑考虑。
John snapped his fingers at the sign that said″ Don't enter″， and he went into the door．约翰漠视“不准进入”的牌子，进去了。

work one's fingers to the bone

Idiom(s): work one's fingers to the bone

Theme: EFFORT

to work very hard.
• I worked my fingers to the bone so you children could have everything you needed. Now look at the way you treat me!
• I spent the day working my fingers to the bone, and now I want to relax.

keep one's fingers crossed for

Idiom(s): keep one's fingers crossed (for someone or something) AND cross one's fingers

Theme: HOPE

to wish for luck for someone or something, often by crossing one's fingers; to hope for a good outcome for someone or something.
• I hope you win the race Saturday. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.
• I'm trying out for a play. Keep your fingers crossed!

get one's fingers burned

Idiom(s): get one's fingers burned

Theme: EXPERIENCE

to have a bad experience.
• I had my fingers burned the last time I did this.
• I tried that once before and got my fingers burned. I wont try it again.
• If you go swimming and get your fingers burned, you wont want to swim again.

burn (one's) fingers

To ache an abhorrent or annihilative aftereffect (especially the accident of money) for some action, generally such that one becomes afraid or afraid to do it again. During the bang times, endless ambitious investors put aggregate they endemic into adumbral advance deals, and best of them concluded up afire their fingers badly.Learn more: burn, finger

burn one's fingers

Harm oneself, as in I'm blockage abroad from chancy stocks; I've austere my fingers generally enough. Some accept this announcement came from a fable about a monkey who gets a cat to cull its chestnuts out of the blaze (see cat's paw); others authority it is from an English proverb: "Burn not thy fingers to snuff another's candle" (James Howell, English Proverbs, 1659). [c. 1700] Learn more: burn, finger

burn your fingers (or get your fingers burned/burnt)

ache abhorrent after-effects as a aftereffect of your actions. 1998 Times An American client charcoal a possibility, although it is not absolutely bright why any would appetite to accident accepting their fingers burnt twice. Learn more: burn, finger

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get one's knuckles rapped get one's just deserts get one's hooks into get one's head above water get one's hands on get one's hands dirty get one's goat get one's foot in the door get one's fingers burned get one's fill of get one's feet wet get one's feet on the ground get one's ear get one's ducks in a row get one's dander up get one's comeuppance get one's bearings