have butterfingers



have butterfingers

To be clumsy, usually momentarily, by dropping or failing to catch something. I dropped another plate! I guess I just have butterfingers today. Coach, don't put Jimmy in the outfield—he has butterfingers!
See also: butterfingers, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AdriÁNahd-RYAHN (Spanish), AWD-ree-ahn (Hungarian)Spanish, Hungarian
Melisende-Medieval French
JaelJAY-əl (English), JAYL (English)Biblical
Concettokon-CHET-toItalian
Colleen['kɔli:n]
SeosamhSHO-savIrish