| 单词 | to have two left feet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have two left feet (also hands) d. to have two left feet (also hands) and variants: to be clumsy or awkward. [Compare earlier ambilevous adj.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > unskilfully or inadequately [phrase] > extremely clumsy one's fingers are all thumbs1546 to have two left feet (also hands)1857 1857 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 31 Jan. 119/1 I am naturally modest, not to say awkward, clumsy, and born with two left hands and two left feet. 1873 T. Hughes Mem. of Brother i. 7 One often meets with people who seem as if they had been born..with two left hands, and two left feet, and rarely with a few who have two right hands. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Psmith, Journalist xviii. 132 Mr. Dawson..gave it as his opinion that one of the lady dancers had two left feet. 1975 D. Ramsay Descent into Dark iii. 92 Clumsy..you've got two left feet. 2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 July d7/3 The man who would later win two Golden Shoes—the annual award given to the leading scorer in European soccer—looked like he had two left feet during a disastrous spell in England. < as lemmas |
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