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can't punch one's way out of a paper bag
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Be inept, as in Ask him to program the VCR? He can't punch his way out of a paper bag . This hyperbolic term for extreme ineptitude originally was an expression of contempt for a weak or cowardly boxer. [ Slang ; c. 1910]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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