My wife has many great qualities.
Too many to list here.
But there is one characteristic that is very noticeable.
She is clumsy. Torpe, patosa.
She often bumps into things, and on bad days might even bump her head.
But where she really excels is in dropping things.
There’s a word for such a person in English, butterfingers.
Because it’s as if you have butter on your fingers. And that’s why it slipped out of your hand.
It’s a sort of playful insult, where you’re teasing the other person.
So next time your spouse or a friend drops something you can say:
“Butterfingers!”
Anyway I must go. I think I heard something fall.
An accident waiting to happen
This week’s three tips:
SOMETHING TO AVOID 🫣
🤦🏻♀️ “She let it to slip”
You can’t use to after let. Just say the verb without to. If you use allow or permit, then yes, you need to use to.
I can’t believe they allowed that to happen
She would never permit them to be rude
✅ “She let it slip”
So remember not to use to after let.
I can’t believe they let that happen.
She would never let them be rude
The captain let my son visit the cockpit.
SOMETHING TO SOUND CONFIDENT 🧐
👔 Business expressions
“To drop the ball”
This is the professional cousin of butterfingers.
Instead of physically dropping a glass, you “drop the ball” when you fail to deliver on something important, usually in a work or team setting. The phrase comes from ball games, where dropping the ball means losing possession, making a mistake, or missing a play.
SOMETHING TO DO 👀
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The Crystal Clear English Team
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