Sorry.. but "Siniestro" is not the opposite to "Diestro"..

>>>This was sparked by one of Dragan's comments in a different thread.
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>>>>Speaking of which... the Serbian expression for "he's all thumbs" is "has two left hands" (or "two left legs" for a soccer player). How's it in other languages?
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>>>Being both left-handed and fascinated with language, it has always intrigued me that many languages use the word "right" to mean both a direction and "correct." There is also some negative implication to the words for "left" (sinister, gauche, etc.) in addition to the idiomatic expressions such as the ones you quoted above.
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>>>English is rife with things like this. I'm wondering how true this is in other languages.
>>>I'd love it if the others in our international community could chime in with their knowledge.
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>>Unfortunately, this is not only so in English. In Spanish, "diestro" means both "righthanded" and "skilful".
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>And the opposite, "siniestro/a" (left), means sinister.