can't boil an egg

can't boil an egg

Cannot cook well or at all. We should eat something beforehand because my brother's making dinner, and he can't boil an egg.
See also: boil, egg
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • boil over
  • lay an egg
  • lay an egg, to
  • cackleberry
  • on the boil
  • boil (something) out of (something)
  • boil out of
  • egg on one's face, to have/wipe off the
  • boil off
  • boil down to, to
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