avere le mani bucate

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to have [the] perforated hands”, or more loosely translated as “to have hands with holes in them”.

Verb

avére le mani bucate (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò le mani bucate, first-person singular past historic èbbi le mani bucate or ébbi le mani bucate, past participle avùto le mani bucate, first-person singular future avrò le mani bucate, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia le mani bucate, second-person singular imperative àbbi le mani bucate, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to squander, waste or dissipate

   Synonyms: scialacquare, dilapidare, disperdere, sperperare