单词 | ham-handed |
例句 | ham-handed adjective •his ham-handed treatment of the situation:clumsy, bungling, incompetent, amateurish, inept, unskillful, inexpert, maladroit, gauche, awkward, inefficient, bumbling, useless | informal ham-fisted, klutzy | all thumbs. ANT expert.WORD NOTE ham-fisted I prefer ham-fisted to ham-handed. If pressed to explain, I would probably mutter something nonsensical about how ham-fisted emphasizes the lack of dexterous fingers: not only are your hands like unto hams, your clumsy hammy fingers are balled into useless fists. Cack-handed is another great word, when you need that extra helping of derision that only a Briticism can dish out. — EMConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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