Collocations for "thumb"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "thumb" in context.
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thumb
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- is still sucking her thumb
- still sucks his thumb
- slammed my thumb in the door
- hit my thumb with a hammer
- between her thumb and forefinger
- hooked her thumbs into her pockets
- stuck her thumb out for a ride
- idiom: has quite a green thumb
- idiom: as a rule of thumb
- idiom: [sticks, stands] out like a sore thumb
- idiom: a big thumbs [up]
- idiom: was just twiddling her thumbs
- idiom: something is [wrong, different], but I just can't put my thumb on it
- idiom: I can't put my thumb on what's [wrong], but
- idiom: has him under her thumb
- the [glove, mitten] thumb
- there is a hole in the thumb
- the thumb has a hole in it
- thumb the [page, pages, newspaper, edges]
- thumb through a [book, newspaper, magazine]
- thumb [a ride, a lift, for help]
- thumbed towards the [door, others, people behind her]
- thumbed [her nose, his chin, the button]
- thumb your nose at [the food, him, the sight]
- thumb wrestling
- thumb-size [images, pictures]
'thumb' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):