About Friday's Post

 

I am very sorry that I was unable to post a lesson last Friday.  I had a very full week and Friday's post got lost in the shuffle.  However, next week I will be posting lessons on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

 

Also, please don't forget to go back and review old lessons.  The more of them you look at, the more prepared you will be when you see these words or phrases again.

 

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Lesson 284--Idioms about co-ordination

 

English has some great idioms.  Today, I want to teach you some that describe people as uncoordinated or clumsy.

two left feet

If a person cannot dance well, or has trouble running or doing set motions with their feet we use this idiom.

examples

Johnny wanted to learn to tango, but everyone said he had two left feet and he should give up this dream.

Pablo gave up trying to teach Isabella how to dance.  He didn't want to insult her, but he had to tell her that she had two left feet.

all thumbs

If a person doesn't use their hands well, drops things, or just has trouble coordinating their hand movements we use this idiom.

examples

Daniel tried to assemble the game, but he was all thumbs.

Everyone could paint well except for Marvin, who was all thumbs.