Learning Clumsy, Klutz, and All Thumbs | Basic English Expressions Lesson

I'm Robin. And in this video, I'm  going to talk about the word clumsy,  

我是罗宾。在这个视频中，我将讨论“clumsy”这个词、

the slang word klutz and the idiom all thumbs.

俚语“klutz”和“allthumms”这个成语。

All three of these expressions mean the same thing.

所有这三个表达都表示同一件事。

We're talking about an awkward person,

我们谈论的是一个尴尬的人，

someone who has a lot of accidents or someone who's always breaking things.

一个经常发生事故的人，或者一个总是打破东西的人。

OK, it can describe a man or a woman.

好吧，它可以描述一个男人或一个女人。

Let's take a look in my example.

让我们看看我的例子。

He or she

他或她

He always has accidents.

总是有意外。

He always has accidents, spilling drinks, things like that, and breaks things.

他总是会发生意外，打翻饮料之类的事情，还会摔坏东西。

He always has accidents and breaks things.

他总是发生意外并摔坏东西。

He is.

他是。

All right. Here we go.

好的。开始了。

The first word, clumsy.

第一个字，笨拙。

That's what we want to use to describe someone

这就是我们想要用来形容

who always has accidents and breaks things.

总是发生事故和破坏东西的人。

He is clumsy.

他很笨拙。

She is clumsy.

她很笨拙。

Here's the slang word.

这是俚语。

He is a klutz.

他是个笨手笨脚的人。

She is a klutz.

她是个笨手笨脚的人。

A klutz.

笨手笨脚的。

OK.  They mean the same thing.

好的。他们的意思是一样的。

And the last one is an idiom.

最后一个是习语。

He is all thumbs.

他完全是大拇指。

All thumbs.

都竖起大拇指。

OK, that's your thumb.

好吧，那是你的拇指。

So if you're all thumbs, every finger is a thumb.

所以如果你都是拇指，那么每个手指都是拇指。

So it's very easy to have an accident.

所以很容易出事故。

OK.

So these are the three expressions we want to use

好的。

所以我们想用这三种表达方式

to describe this kind of awkward person.

来形容这种尴尬的人。

Let's take a look at some example sentences.

让我们看一些例句。

OK, let's look at the first example.

好的，让我们看第一个例子。

He always accidentally sits on his glasses. He's so clumsy.

他总是不小心坐到眼镜上。他太笨拙了。

He always accidentally sits on his glasses. He's so clumsy.

他总是不小心坐到眼镜上。他太笨拙了。

The next one

下一次

She always pours too much coffee into my cup. She's so clumsy.

她总是往我的杯子里倒太多咖啡。她太笨拙了。

She always pours too much coffee into my cup. She's so clumsy.

她总是往我的杯子里倒太多咖啡。她太笨拙了。

And the next one

下一场

I'm a klutz when I dance. I hit everyone around me.

我跳舞的时候就笨手笨脚的。我打了我周围的每个人。

I'm a klutz when I dance. I hit everyone around me.

我跳舞的时候很笨手笨脚。我打了我周围的每个人。

The nurse was a klutz. She gave the patient the wrong medicine.

护士是个笨手笨脚的人。她给病人吃错药了。

The nurse was a klutz. She gave the patient the wrong medicine.

护士是个笨手笨脚的人。她给病人吃错药了。

All right. And the next.

好的。还有下一个。

He can't play the piano at all. He's all thumbs.

他根本不会弹钢琴。他都是大拇指。

He can't play the piano. At all. He's all thumbs.

他不会弹钢琴。完全没有。他都是大拇指。

I tried to fix the toilet, but I'm all thumbs. I just broke it more.

我试图修理厕所，但我无能为力。我只是把它弄坏了更多。

I tried to fix the toilet. But I'm all thumbs. I just broke it more.

我试图修理厕所。但我都是大拇指。我只是把它弄坏了更多。

Those were some good examples of how to use clumsy, klutz, and all thumbs.

这些是如何使用笨拙、笨手笨脚和全拇指的一些很好的例子。

Remember, they mean the same thing.

请记住，它们的意思是相同的。

Describing a very awkward person.

形容一个人非常尴尬。

Now, before we go, I'm going to tell you the story of my cousin Jerry.

现在，在我们走之前，我要告诉你们我表弟杰瑞的故事。

Now, Jerry and I are the same age.

现在，杰瑞和我同龄。

So as children, we used to play together.

所以小时候我们经常一起玩。

And I'm going to tell you that Jerry was the perfect klutz.

我要告诉你，杰瑞是个完美的笨蛋。

He was a very clumsy kid.

他是一个非常笨拙的孩子。

He always broke things, and he always had accidents.

他总是弄坏东西，也总是发生意外。

And his glasses, like his eyeglasses.

还有他的眼镜，就像他的眼镜一样。

He must have broke them every day.

他一定每天都把它们弄坏。

You know, his mother put tape here and tape here.

你知道，他妈妈把胶带贴在这里，胶带在这里。

His glasses always looked broken and  terrible.

他的眼镜看起来总是破烂不堪。

Also, his shirt is very dirty. He had a lot of food stains, drink stains when he ate food.

而且，他的衬衫很脏。他身上有很多食物污渍，吃东西时留下的饮料污渍。

You know, ketchup and mustard always fell all over him.

你知道，番茄酱和芥末总是洒在他身上。

Anyway, as I said, he's a klutz.

无论如何，正如我所说，他是个笨蛋。

He used to come over to my house to play with me,

他经常来我家和我玩，

and he always wanted to play with my toys.

他总是想玩我的玩具。

And, of course, he always broke my toys.

当然，他总是弄坏我的玩具。

And I hated him. I really hated Jerry.

我恨他。我真的很讨厌杰瑞。

And every time he came over, so I used to complain to my mom.

每次他过来，我都会向妈妈抱怨。

You know, I don't want Jerry to touch my toys.

你知道，我不想让杰瑞碰我的玩具。

But, you know, my mom said, you know, you  have to share with Jerry.

但是，你知道，我妈妈说，你知道，你必须与杰瑞分享。

So eventually, when Jerry came over, I just he had my toys,

所以最终，当杰里过来时，我只是他有我的玩具，

and we would watch TV or play something else.

我们会看电视或玩其他东西。

Well, anyway, that's the story of Jerry. The perfect klutz.

好吧，无论如何，这就是杰瑞的故事。完美的笨手笨脚。

I hope you understand these expressions.

我希望你能理解这些表达方式。

See you next time.

下次见。