(45)笨手笨脚

中文用“笨手笨脚”来形容人笨拙。英文中关于“笨拙”的说法很多也和手脚有关。

ham-handed - 望文生义 - “猪手”? 非也! ^__^

ham-handed (also ham-fisted)informal
1 not at all skilful or careful in the way that you deal with people [= inept]:
They made several ham-fisted attempts to spy on her.
2 not at all skilful with your hands [= clumsy]

have two left feet: informal to be very clumsy 两只脚都变成了左脚,感觉当然奇怪笨拙了。

ambidextrous:able to use either hand equally well [left-handed, right-handed] - 左手和右手都很灵活

leftie (lefty)- 左撇子

 

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