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
Citlali	-	Native American, Nahuatl
Rehav'am	-	Biblical Hebrew
Climacus	-	Late Roman
Marciane	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Israhel	-	Biblical Latin
Tea	TE-ah (Finnish)	Croatian, Slovene, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish