instruction
Related to instruction: Direct instruction
couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel
(Someone) is utterly incompetent or stupid; (someone) can't even manage or carry out the simplest of tasks. A: "Did you hear that Zack took the train home last night and left his car in the parking garage at work?" B: "I'm not surprised. That dummy couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel!" The leaders of this country couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel. What makes you think they can overhaul the entire tax code?
See also: boot, heel, if, instruction, of, on, out, pour, water
couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
(Someone) is utterly incompetent or stupid; (someone) can't even manage or carry out the simplest of tasks. A: "Did you hear that Zack took the train home last night and left his car in the parking garage at work?" B: "I'm not surprised. That dummy couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel!" The leaders of this country couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel. What makes you think they can overhaul the entire tax code?
See also: boot, heel, instruction, of, on, out, pour, water
read the fucking instructions
rude slang An exclamation of frustration and exasperation directed at someone who has asked a question or series of questions that have already been answered in the instructions for something. Would you stop asking such boneheaded questions and just read the fucking instructions? I don't have time to hold your hand on every project we do. I don't understand how you could be having so many problems installing the software. Read the fucking instructions, dude.
See also: fucking, instruction, read
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Read the fucking instructions!
and RTFI exclam. & comp. abb. Simply read the instructions. (Usually objectionable.) RTFI! It’s really very simple.
See also: fucking, read
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel
- couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
- couldn't raffle a chook in a pub
- organize
- pub
- raffle
- chook
- couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery
- couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm
- couldn't organise a chook raffle in a (country) pub