English Explanatory Dictionary

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.ogg En-au-couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.ogg

Word forms

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

Etymology

Presents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish.

Synonyms

couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle couldn't pour water out of a boot

Related words

way out of a paper bag way to run a railroad whelk stall
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