way out of a paper bag

英語

其他形式

• way out of a wet paper bag

詞源

可能源自類似he couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag (「他連一個紙袋子都打不穿」)之類的短語

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短語

way out of a paper bag

1. (俗語，formulaic) （不能...）一點，最基本的...都（不）會

   My boss is so clueless, he couldn't schedule his own way out of a paper bag.

   我老闆是真的沒用，連日程都安排不清楚。

   Junior varsity couldn't play their way out of a paper bag in comparison.

   而乙隊連球都踢不明白。

   • 1923, Asia, 第 23 卷, American Asiatic Association，第 281 頁:

     The old chap did not look as though he could push his way out of a paper bag.

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   • 1924, Harry Charles Witwer, Love and Learn, G. P. Putnam's sons，第 260 頁:

     Personally I don’t think this egg could punch his way out of a paper bag. He’s only been workin’ in this trap two days

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   • 2014, Allie Peter, Saved by the Fireman，第 105 頁:

     “You'd hate his cooking[,” he said.]
     “Most guys can't cook their way out of a paper bag[,” Charlotte said.]

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參見

• couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
• enough sense to pound sand into a rathole