The hands have long fingers with short thumbs and flat fingernails. The work was tedious, slow and taxing on the worker's thumbs and fingers. That gets a big thumbs up from me. Two big thumbs up for the film. The game is played by every player holding out their fists with no thumbs raised. A reliable way of identifying human hands is from the presence of opposable thumbs. As a running gag between all of the Thumbs! The discovery that Christ had two thumbs on his right hand was crucial. Wishing for luck is gestured by pressing thumbs. The other six votes were thumbs down. The actors who received the "most enthusiastic thumbs up" were cast. The foot was divided into 4 palms or 12 thumbs. Gene Siskel gave the film thumbs down. Instead, they point with their thumbs. Celebrating his victory, the two exchange thumbs up.