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Idiom

fash one's thumb

Meaning

To bother oneself; to worry about something.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Don't fash your thumb about the small mistakes.”

“You should not fash your thumb over the meeting schedule because it will change anyway.”

“He refused to fash his thumb regarding the minor criticisms leveled against his work, preferring to focus on the final results.”

Examples

simple

“Don't fash your thumb about the small mistakes.”

contextual

“You should not fash your thumb over the meeting schedule because it will change anyway.”

complex

“He refused to fash his thumb regarding the minor criticisms leveled against his work, preferring to focus on the final results.”

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