粵

七cat1手sau2八baat3腳goek3

simp七手八脚
cat1 sau2 baat3 goek3qī shǒu bā jiǎo

English

  1. (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
  2. seven hands eight feet, which means there are a lot of people interfering and the situation is messy
  3. busy divvying; literally, seven hands and eight feet

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 字面解即係七隻手同八隻腳,引伸有手忙腳亂嘅意思,另外亦有好多人一齊完成一件事嘅意思

Examples

  • 你睇下你,七手八腳咁,都係等我嚟搞啦!

    [ChatGPT]Look at you, being all over the place, I'll handle it!

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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