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English Idiom: Make a good/poor fist of (something)
This is an idiom that my students and I came across in one of our classes.
It is a British and Australian idiom, and I must admit that even though I had spent quite a bit of time in Oz, I had not heard it used before.
It is outdated now, but you may hear it used once in a blue moon.
So, what does making a good/poor fist of something mean?
It means that you do or do not do something well.
For example, David made a good fist of repairing the broken fence after the typhoon.
Another example is that David made a poor fist of fixing the garage roof after the storm because it still leaks.
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