can't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag

Extremely weak, ineffectual, or incompetent. You want to fight me? You can't punch your way out of a paper bag! Don't assign that project to her, she couldn't punch her way out of a paper bag!

See also: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

can't punch one's way out of a paper bag

Be inept, as in Ask him to program the VCR? He can't punch his way out of a paper bag. This hyperbolic term for extreme ineptitude originally was an expression of contempt for a weak or cowardly boxer. [Slang; c. 1910]

See also: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

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can't punch one's way out of a paper bag
can't punch (one's) way out of a wet paper bag
couldn't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag
he, she, etc. couldn't punch his, her, etc. way out of a paper bag
couldn't fight (one's) way out of a paper bag
couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag
couldn't fight (one's) way out of a wet paper bag
weak sister
a case of the blind leading the blind
case of the blind leading the blind

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释义	can't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag can't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag Extremely weak, ineffectual, or incompetent. You want to fight me? You can't punch your way out of a paper bag! Don't assign that project to her, she couldn't punch her way out of a paper bag! See also: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. can't punch one's way out of a paper bag Be inept, as in Ask him to program the VCR? He can't punch his way out of a paper bag. This hyperbolic term for extreme ineptitude originally was an expression of contempt for a weak or cowardly boxer. [Slang; c. 1910] See also: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: can't punch one's way out of a paper bag can't punch (one's) way out of a wet paper bag couldn't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag he, she, etc. couldn't punch his, her, etc. way out of a paper bag couldn't fight (one's) way out of a paper bag couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag couldn't fight (one's) way out of a wet paper bag weak sister a case of the blind leading the blind case of the blind leading the blind
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