thumb1 [əəm] samostalnik
palec (prst); palec rokavice
thumbs up! sleng izvrstno! odlično! sijajno!
a thumb ('s breadth) širina palca
as easy as kiss my thumb sleng, figurativno otročje lahek, otroška igra
rule of thumb merjenje na oko
he is under my thumb on je v moji oblasti, mora se mi pokoravati
his fingers are all thumbs figurativno on je zelo nespreten
to bite one's thumbs od jeze ali zadrege se ugrizniti v palec
to have (to hold) under one's thumbs imeti v svoji oblasti, v svojih pesteh
to travel ou the thumbs potovati z avtostopom
to turn the thumbs down figurativno obsoditi (koga)
to twirl one's thumbs palce vrteti (od dolgočasja), lenariti