Name: English Tutor Nick P Idioms (251) Have Butterfingers
Uploaded: 2019-06-22T17:57:27.000Z
Duration: 2 min 17 s
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Hi this is Tutor Nck and this isIidioms 251. The idiom today is to have

butterfingers. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. This idiom can also be

Modal verbs - A2

rephrased as to be a butterfingers. So you can either say to have butterfingers

or to be a butterfingers. Okay. Let's continue. If someone has butterfingers,  he

or she is clumsy and often drops things or fails to catch things. And so if you

threw them something and they... they're not very good at catching it. They drop

it a lot. In this sense,  they could be a butterfingers.

Maybe it's used a lot in sports too . Like if a ball player dropped the ball or

something. Somebody might accuse them as being a butterfingers too. That could be in

all  sports. Really anyway,  let's continue here. Good. The idea of this

phrase alludes to , you know. They suggest,  they kind of has that idea. It alludes to

if your hands were covered with butter they would be very slippery and you are

likely to drop things easily. So yeah you can kind of imagine that butter fingers

like your butter all over your fingers.  All right. Let's continue. The origin of

this term butter fingers is believed to have come from Charles

Dickens. Remember the famous classic novelist by Charles Dickens novel" The

Pickwick Papers' in 1836.  This is the first time I think the butter fingers or the

earliest citing that we can find on it.  Anyway,  let's look at the two. Two

examples we have ,here. So somebody might say,  don't let her hold this fragile

statue. She often drops things and is known to have butter fingers. You say

that about someone , especially a child or number two here. They say this is the

third time you dropped and broke one of my expensive dishes. You are a real

butterfingers. Well maybe some of you might say that. Okay. Anyway,  I hope you

got it.  I hope clear. Thank you for your time.  Bye-bye.