英美人天天都在说的4000句 20:be all thumbs

　　[00:02]A：Don't work me.
[00:04]L：I'll walk you through collecting the evidence.
[00:07]Just describe the restraints.
[00:23]A：They're strange-looking handcuffs.
[00:25]They look more like old shackles¹ or something.
[00:33]And her feet are… are bound with a rope.
[00:38]L：We're gonna need those handcuffs immediately.
[00:41]It's probably our best chance for good prints.
[00:41]The M. E. (medical examiner) is all thumbs. They'll mess up the prints.

1 shackles   

手铐( shackle的名词复数 )； 脚镣； 束缚； 羁绊

参考例句：

• a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism 为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家
• The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles. 火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。