two left feet
Chronic rhythm deficit
Two left feet describes awkward, clumsy movement, especially when dancing.
The image is of someone whose feet won't cooperate—as if both were left feet, unable to move gracefully together.
I'd love to dance with you, but I have two left feet.
The phrase usually appears with "have."
- all thumbsAwkward with one's hands
- bumblingClumsily incompetent
- missteppingTreading incorrectly
- trip overCatch foot and fall
- ineptLacking skill or competence
stumbling · clumsy · maladroit · awkward · oafishness · tripping · step on toes · ungainly · klutz · rhythmless · bungling · graceless · gauche · halting · uncoordinated · gawky · fish out of water · lurching
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- lack of skillincompetence, ineptitude, clumsiness, awkwardness, inexperience
- gracelessnessclumsiness, awkwardness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
two left feetgraceful
Elegant in movement
coordinated · agile · nimble · light on one's feet · lithe
two left feetFred Astaire
twinkle toes · gifted · talented · Ginger Rogers · rhythmic
twos, twinned, twofold, twelve, twenty, between, betwixt, left, leftward