- Chinese:
- Cantonese:雞手鴨腳 /鸡手鸭脚(gai1 sau2 aap3 goek3)
- Mandarin:笨手笨腳 /笨手笨脚 (zh)(bènshǒu-bènjiǎo)(stupid hands, stupid feet)
- Finnish:peukalo keskellä kämmentä(literally“have the thumb in the middle of the hand”)
- French:avoir deux mains gauches (fr)(literally“have two left hands”)
- German:zwei linke Hände haben (de)(literally“have two left hands”)
- Japanese:不器用な (ja)(ぶきような, bukiyō na),ぶざまな (ja)(buzama na)
- Norwegian:ha ti tommeltotter(literally“have 10 thumbs”)
- Polish:mieć dziurawe ręce(literally“have holes in one's hands”)
- Portuguese:ter dois pés esquerdos(literally“have two left feet”)
- Russian:ру́ки как крю́ки́(rúki kak krjúkí, literally“hands like hooks”),(euphemism)ру́ки не из того́ ме́ста расту́т(rúki ne iz tovó mésta rastút, literally“hands grow from the wrong spot”),(vulgar)ру́ки из жо́пы расту́т(rúki iz žópy rastút, literally“hands grow from the arse, vulgar”),рукожо́п (ru)(rukožóp, literally“arse-handed”)
- Swedish:ha tummen mitt i handen (sv)(literally“have the thumb in the middle of the hand”)
- Turkish:beceriksiz (tr),sakar (tr)
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