A2🍝 Food
Avere le mani di burro
to have butterfingers
Literal Translation
"To have butter hands"
What it means
To have butter fingers / to drop things constantly
Example in context
"Ha le mani di burro — ha già rotto due bicchieri stamattina."
"He has butter fingers — he's already broken two glasses this morning."
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