avoir deux mains gauches
French, verb/a.vwaʁ dø mɛ̃ ɡoʃ/
avoir deux mains gauches is a French verb meaning “to be all thumbs, to be very clumsy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être très maladroit, malhabile”.
What does avoir deux mains gauches mean in English?
verb
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informalto be all thumbs, to be very clumsy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être très maladroit, malhabile.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce avoir deux mains gauches?
- /a.vwaʁ dø mɛ̃ ɡoʃ/
- \a.vwaʁ dø mɛ̃ ɡoʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avoir deux mains gauches
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.