Meaning of two left hands | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Lack of dexterity in either hand; being ambilevous.
   idiomatic, plural, plural-only
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, left, hands.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“I've never been good at sewing; I guess I've got two left hands.”

“There are awkward grownup persons, having, as the French say, two left hands, whom no labour will ever make dexterous carvers;”

“[Orestes] Brownson is one of those characters. He has two left hands, and was never known to do anything right; whatever he touches he is sure to despoil and disfigure.”

“"Oh Max, it must be true what father says, and I've got two left hands instead of one; what a scolding I'm in for!"”

“So, when the factory issued a requisition for ten workers, the commandant picked the worst candidates--sick people like me, and those schlemiels with two left hands and two right feet, who he knew couldn't get the job done.”

“Ambidexterity means equal skill with both hands, as contrasted with the term “ambilevous” meaning equally unskilled with both hands (or described as having “two left hands”).”

“They sit in the Vajraparyahka attitude and show in the two right hands the boon and the arrow drawn up to the ear, and in the two left hands the Utpala and the bow.”

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