two left feet

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Noun

two left feet pl (plural only)

(idiomatic) Clumsiness, especially at dancing or in sports involving kicking a ball.
- 1985 April 13, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
  2 shy 4 pickups. 2 flip 4 potlucks. 2 left feet at bars. But fun.
He should stay off the dance floor with his two left feet.

Coordinate terms

two left hands

Translations

exhibiting clumsiness

Chinese:
Mandarin: 笨手笨脚 (zh) (bènshǒubènjiǎo)
Finnish: kaksi vasenta jalkaa
French: (avoir) deux pieds gauches
German: zwei linke Füße
Hungarian: (adjective) kétballábas (hu)
Portuguese: ter dois pés esquerdos (to have two left feet)
Russian: косола́пый adj
Swedish: två vänsterfötter

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