couldn't run a bath

Couldn't manage or direct someone or something. The phrase puns on the word "run," which means both to manage a place or group and, in the context of a bath, filling the bathtub with water. Why in the world did they promote David to manager? That guy couldn't run a bath!

词组	couldn't run a bath
释义	couldn't run a bath couldn't run a bath Couldn't manage or direct someone or something. The phrase puns on the word "run," which means both to manage a place or group and, in the context of a bath, filling the bathtub with water. Why in the world did they promote David to manager? That guy couldn't run a bath! See also: bath, run Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: deal with deal with (someone or something) deal with someone do without do without (someone or something) done with do with do with (something) heap (someone or something) with (something) heap with
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