手て先さきが不ぶ器き用よう

expression, na-adjective

clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs

Describes someone who is not good at delicate manual tasks. Often used self-deprecatingly or to describe a lack of dexterity.

• 私わたしは手て先さきが不ぶ器き用ようで、細こまかい作さ業ぎょうが苦にが手てです。

  I'm clumsy with my hands and not good at detailed work.

• 彼かれは手て先さきが不ぶ器き用ようだから、料りょう理りを任まかせるのは心しん配ぱいだ。

  He's all thumbs, so I'm worried about leaving the cooking to him.