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
OliveAHL-ivEnglish
CyrylTSI-rilPolish
Keelan-Irish
Ysbrand-Dutch
Jamshid-Persian, Persian Mythology
SigneSEENG-ne (Swedish, Norwegian), SEE-ne (Danish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish