He made a good fist of explaining why we need to improve our public transport system.
He built the house himself and made a surprisingly good fist of it.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
make a good fist of something — make a good/poor fist of something british old fashioned phrase to be successful/unsuccessful in your attempt to do something Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: fist * * * make a better, good, poor,… … Useful english dictionary
make a bad fist of something — make a bad/poor fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned make a good fist of (something/doing something) to do something well. Our lawyer made a poor fist of advising us … New idioms dictionary
make a poor fist of something — make a bad/poor fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned make a good fist of (something/doing something) to do something well. Our lawyer made a poor fist of advising us … New idioms dictionary
make a good fist of doing something — make a good fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned to do something well. He made a good fist of explaining why we need to improve our public transport system. He built the house himself and made a surprisingly… … New idioms dictionary
make a good fist of — (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned to do something well. He made a good fist of explaining why we need to improve our public transport system. He built the house himself and made a surprisingly good fist of it … New idioms dictionary
make a good fist — (UK) If you make a good fist of something, you do it well … The small dictionary of idiomes
make a good fist of — Brit informal : to do (something) well Despite her inexperience, she made a remarkably good fist of chairing the meeting. • • • Main Entry: ↑fist … Useful english dictionary
make a poor fist of something — make a good/poor fist of something british old fashioned phrase to be successful/unsuccessful in your attempt to do something Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: fist * * * make a better, good, poor,… … Useful english dictionary
make a better fist of something — make a better, good, poor, etc. fist of sth idiom (BrE, old fashioned, informal) to make a good, bad, etc. attempt to do sth Main entry: ↑fistidiom … Useful english dictionary
make a bad fist of doing something — make a bad/poor fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned make a good fist of (something/doing something) to do something well. Our lawyer made a poor fist of advising us … New idioms dictionary
