B1 — Intermediate👁️ Body Parts
Fare le cose con i piedi
To do a sloppy job
Literal Translation
"To do things with one's feet"
What it means
To do a sloppy job. Strongly criticizes the quality of work, implying it was done so carelessly it might as well have been done with one's feet.
Example in context
"Questo lavoro è fatto con i piedi — chi lo ha fatto?"
"This work is done sloppily — who did it?"
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