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 CK CK February 19, 2021, edited February 19, 2021 February 19, 2021 at 1:26:57 AM UTC, edited February 19, 2021 at 1:29:05 AM UTC link Permalink

> Can you translate 手先が不器用 to butterfingers?

I don't think so. Butterfingers means that he often drops things because they slip out of his hands. (Butter is slippery.)

We have an example sentence using "butterfingers."

[#2259930] You have butterfingers. (_undertoad)

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