can't punch one's way out of a paper bag

Be inept, as in Ask him to program the VCR? He can't punch his way out of a paper bag. This hyperbolic term for extreme ineptitude originally was an expression of contempt for a weak or cowardly boxer. [Slang; c. 1910]

See also: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
HƯƠNg	-	Vietnamese
Ganesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Nepali
Chavdar	-	Bulgarian
Lisbeth	['lizbəθ]
Eztebe	-	Basque
LaurenȚIu	low-REN-tsyoo	Romanian