If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift. It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image. = hitch see also well-thumbed
If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen. The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling
If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them. I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb
emphasis If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate. Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?
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