ham hands
Graceless, fumbling mitts
Ham hands describes clumsy, graceless hands—the kind that fumble delicate tasks or handle things too roughly.
Someone with ham hands lacks fine motor control or gentleness: With these ham hands, I can't thread a needle.
The image is of thick, unwieldy slabs of meat where nimble fingers should be.
Also ham-handed or ham-fisted as adjectives.
- all thumbsAwkward with one's hands
- all fingers and thumbsPhysically awkward, uncoordinated
- two left feetInability to dance
- largeOf great size
- heavy touchExcess force applied
meaty · butterfingers · drop the ball · clumsy · uncoordinated · oafish · graceless · rough · klutz · inelegant · maladroit · careless · lumbering · bull in a china shop · heavy · unwieldy · brutish · coarse