Idiom
two left feet
Meaning
Clumsiness, especially at dancing or in sports involving kicking a ball.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has two left feet on the dance floor.”
“I wanted to join the salsa class, but I have two left feet.”
“Though she dreamed of becoming a ballerina, the instructor gently suggested that someone with two left feet might prefer the piano.”
Examples
simple
“He has two left feet on the dance floor.”
contextual
“I wanted to join the salsa class, but I have two left feet.”
complex
“Though she dreamed of becoming a ballerina, the instructor gently suggested that someone with two left feet might prefer the piano.”
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