汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 七手八腳
七手八腳 (七手八脚)
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
Describes many people with mixed hands and chaotic movements
shǒu () jiǎo/jué
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

众人放开豆竿,在特里倒在人行道之前七手八脚地扶住了他。

There were arms and legs flying everywhere as he fell. The guys let go of the kid to help catch Terry before he hit the pavement.

听说女人如衣服,兄弟如手足。回想起来,我竟然七手八脚的裸奔了20年!

I heard that women are like clothes, brothers and brothers... in retrospect, I actually all flurry and confusion streaking 20 years!

他在沉默中七手八脚地解开了我的衣服。他的脸在火光中变得陌生,几近原始,没戴眼镜。

Then he's unraveling me in the silence, with hands and eyes and tongue, his face strange in the firelight, primitive almost, without the glasses.