ha tummen mitt i handen

== Swedish == === Etymology === ha (“have”) +‎ tummen (“one's thumb”) +‎ mitt (“middle”) +‎ i (“in”) +‎ handen (“one's hand”), literally "have one's thumb in the middle of one's hand." === Verb === ha tummen mitt i handen (present har tummen mitt i handen, preterite hade tummen mitt i handen, supine haft tummen mitt i handen, imperative ha tummen mitt i handen) (idiomatic) to lack practical skills, to be all thumbs === References === “tumme”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tumme”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tumme”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)