diff --git a/dash.el b/dash.el
index 92fadbc..7e7db7e 100644
--- a/dash.el
+++ b/dash.el
@@ -1453,8 +1453,7 @@ See `-let' for the description of destructuring mechanism."
    ((not (consp match-form))
     (error "match-form must be a list"))
    ;; no destructuring, so just return regular lambda to make things faster
-   ((and (consp match-form)
-         (symbolp (car match-form)))
+   ((-all? 'symbolp match-form)
     `(lambda ,match-form ,@body))
    (t
     (let* ((inputs (--map-indexed (list it (make-symbol (format "input%d" it-index))) match-form)))
diff --git a/dev/examples.el b/dev/examples.el
index 55f3572..aa171f4 100644
--- a/dev/examples.el
+++ b/dev/examples.el
@@ -766,7 +766,9 @@ new list."
     (-map (-lambda ((&plist :a a :b b)) (+ a b)) '((:a 1 :b 2) (:a 3 :b 4) (:a 5 :b 6))) => '(3 7 11)
     (-map (-lambda (x) (let ((k (car x)) (v (cadr x))) (+ k v))) '((1 2) (3 4) (5 6))) => '(3 7 11)
     (funcall (-lambda ((a) (b)) (+ a b)) '(1 2 3) '(4 5 6)) => 5
-    (condition-case nil (progn (-lambda a t) (error "previous form should error")) (error t)) => t))
+    (condition-case nil (progn (-lambda a t) (error "previous form should error")) (error t)) => t
+    (funcall (-lambda (a b) (+ a b)) 1 2) => 3
+    (funcall (-lambda (a (b c)) (+ a b c)) 1 (list 2 3)) => 6))
 
 (def-example-group "Side-effects"
   "Functions iterating over lists for side-effect only."