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- can't do anything with
can't do anything with
can't do anything with someone or something
not [to be] able to manage or control someone or something. (Also with cannot.) Bill is such a discipline problem. I can't do anything with him. My hair is such a mess. I just can't do anything with it.
can't do anything with
Unable to cope with or manage someone or something. For example, I can't do anything with my hair, or My teenage daughter is very difficult-I can't do anything with her. This expression uses do in the sense of "deal with," a usage dating from the early 1500s.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sanya (2) | | - | Russian |
Joan (2) | | joo-AHN (Catalan), zhoo-AHN (Catalan) | Catalan, Occitan |
Donnie | | DAHN-ee | English |
Oyibo | | - | Western African, Urhobo |
Pal | | - | Albanian |
Iapetus | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |