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	Pronounced	Usage
Vilma	VEEL-mah (Finnish)	Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Raymond	['reimɔnd]
Faramund	-	Ancient Germanic
Olympias	-	Ancient Greek
Dione (2)	dee-AHN	English
Ballinger	['bælindʒə]