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Question: In Russian we have the term ''. I would translate it as 'asshands' which literally means that your hands grow out of your behind and you can't do anything right (or do anything at all). Example: Dad: 'Hey son, can you hang up this picture on the wall?' Son: 'No dad, my hands grow out of my behind, I'll probably end up hanging it upside down' (Or 'I am a _____' - i.e. the term I'm looking for.) Is there anything similar in English? Is the term 'screw up' the one? Or are there any other ones? I want slang specifically, preferably American.

Answer: 'All thumbs', according to Wiktionary 'clumsy, awkward, not dextrous.' 'Klutz', according to Wiktionary 'a clumsy or stupid person.'


Question: I have found a similar topic addressing the use of 'comprise' but my question is not exactly in line with that one. I did ask this question there to keep the topic related to the use of 'comprise' but it was removed since I did not follow protocol. So my apologies if this seems like a duplicate entry. When does one use 'comprises of' and when 'comprise'? Are they interchangeable? For example: 'My name comprises 5 letters' 'My name comprises of 5 letters' Which is correct? Or are they both acceptable?.

Answer: A quick look in a decent online dictionary is advisable: comprise Usage: The use of of after comprise should be avoided: the library comprises (not comprises of) 500 000 books and manuscripts Collins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged Collins. I don't think US usage is any different. Another quote, from the internet (repunctuated): Never use 'comprise of' or 'comprises of' - but 'comprised of' is allowed. This is a passive (or arguably adjectival) usage involving comprised which some consider to be ungrammatical.


Question: In my language there's a saying which literally translates to Don't burn your house to smoke out a rat! It advises us to use solutions that are appropriate to the magnitude of the problem. Eliye pedichu illam chudaruthu! - in Malayalam/Indian. What could be the English equivalent?.

Answer:
This idiom carries the same idea, but it is expressed as a description of what happens when the magnitude of the 'solution' far exceeds the needs of the problem: Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. This idiom has the reverse idea: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Instead of advocating restraint when a portion is bad and the rest is valuable, it advocates care when a portion is valuable and the rest is unwanted.