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butterfingered in French

butterfingered in French is qui a des mains de beurre — butterfingered means likely to drop things; clumsy with your hands.

butterfingered in French

qui a des mains de beurre
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.

What does "butterfingered" mean?

  1. adj Likely to drop things; clumsy with your hands.
    "He watches the team faithfully on television, shouting his approval at the rectangular set or cursing the errors and fumbles of the butterfingered local nine or eleven or six or five."
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butterfingered in a sentence

  • He watches the team faithfully on television, shouting his approval at the rectangular set or cursing the errors and fumbles of the butterfingered local nine or eleven or six or five.
  • The Steagles did have a great line and good ball carriers. But their passing game was anemic and they had butterfingered receivers, who dropped passes and fumbled the ball with alarming regularity.

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What is "butterfingered" in French?
"butterfingered" in French is qui a des mains de beurre. butterfingered means: Likely to drop things; clumsy with your hands.
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