two left feet

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Noun

two left feet pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic) Clumsiness, especially at dancing or in sports involving kicking a ball.

   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)

• Finnish: kaksi vasenta jalkaa
• French: (avoir) deux pieds gauches
• German: zwei linke Füße

• Hungarian: kétballábas adj
• Portuguese: ter dois pés esquerdos (to have two left feet)
• Russian: косолапый adj
• Swedish: två vänsterfötter