a walking disaster



a walking disaster

Someone who seems to constantly be in or cause great amounts of trouble, difficulty, or mayhem; someone who epitomizes disaster or calamity in his or her actions or behavior. I heard that John got fired from another job because he kept on messing up his boss's instructions. What a walking disaster! First, I lock myself out of the house, then my grocery bag breaks in the parking lot, and now I stepped on my glasses—I'm just a walking disaster today!
See also: disaster, walking

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Paulinha-Portuguese
SmiltĖ-Lithuanian
Bertoldo-Italian
Motel-Yiddish
SamppaSAHMP-pahFinnish
Velibor-Serbian, Croatian