冇手尾
mou5 sau2 mei5mǎo shǒu wěi
English
- to fail to see something through: a description for the act of neglecting or ignoring the proper completion of the matter; started off something, but did not finish it off properly; to not tidy up after oneself
- to not tidy out after finishing
- to give up before finishing
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容做完嘅嘢冇收拾好
- 形容仲未做完啲嘢就放棄
Examples
執返好你啲玩具喇,唔好咁冇手尾!
Tidy up your toys! Learn to put things away when you're done. ----
佢咁冇手尾,睇怕份功課都唔使旨意做得完。
He/She always give up before finish the homework, seems the homework can never been done.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk