couldn't catch a cold

slang A jeer directed at an athlete who struggles with catching the ball. It is a pun in which the phrase "catch a cold" refers to becoming ill with the common cold (something that happens involuntarily). That bum in the outfield couldn't catch a cold—it's only the first inning, and he's already dropped two pop-ups!

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释义	couldn't catch a cold couldn't catch a cold slang A jeer directed at an athlete who struggles with catching the ball. It is a pun in which the phrase "catch a cold" refers to becoming ill with the common cold (something that happens involuntarily). That bum in the outfield couldn't catch a cold—it's only the first inning, and he's already dropped two pop-ups! See also: catch, cold Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: take the Browns to the Super Bowl should have stood in bed should have stood in bed, I I should have stood in bed I shoulda stood in bed nipply a tit bit nipply May the Fourth be with you wheel estate play on words References in periodicals archive LOOKS like this polar bear couldn't catch a cold let alone a fish... Whose chilly idea was it to try fishing here? Because it's clear for all to see that our head-banded hero Pullen couldn't catch a cold. Football: Fickle finger of fate does for Nick
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