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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SivSEEVSwedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Emygdius-Late Roman
Dorit (1)-Hebrew
Lujza-Hungarian
Shaniquashə-NEE-kwəAfrican American (Modern)
EsauEE-saw (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek