way out of a paper bag
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[编辑]可能源自类似he couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag (“他连一个纸袋子都打不穿”)之类的短语
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[编辑]- (俗語,formulaic) (不能...)一点,最基本的...都(不)会
- My boss is so clueless, he couldn't schedule his own way out of a paper bag.
- 我老板是真的没用,连日程都安排不清楚。
- Junior varsity couldn't play their way out of a paper bag in comparison.
- 而乙队连球都踢不明白。
- 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.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 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
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 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.]- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)