Make a good fist/poor fist of something

If you make a good/poor fist of something, you do it well or you do not do something well. She made a poor fist of making pizza last evening.
Santa really makes a good fist of delivering the presents every Christmas.

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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It is outdated now, but you may hear it used once in a blue moon.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.


This post is simple and easy to read.

It’s likely to be understood by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).  

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 81.  

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