1️⃣ all fingers and thumbs (буквально: быть целиком из пальцев и больших пальцев) : a clumsy person ("криворукий" человек) ✍️ Can you open this packet for me? I'm all fingers and thumbs. - Можешь открыть мне эту упаковку? У меня, похоже, руки не из того места растут. 2️⃣ have s ticky fingers (AmE) (буквально: иметь липкие пальцы) : show a tendency to steal things (иметь склонность к воровству) ✍️ The last person we hired as a cashier turned out to have sticky fingers. - Последний человек, которого мы нанимали на место кассира, оказался вороватым...

The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Slipping Through My Fingers" by "Abba". In the song "Slipping Through My Fingers" by ABBA, the lyrical heroine, a mother, sadly reflects on the transience of time and the growing up of her daughter. She feels like the child is moving away, building his own life, in which the mother has less and less space. From the very first lines – "She leaves home earlyin the morning witha school bag inher hand" – the imageof a grown-up daughter is created, who needs less and less maternal care...