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
Mihail	-	Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek
Mcdonough	[mək'dʌnə]
Yoko	yo:-ko	Japanese
Zsiga	-	Hungarian
Sokratis	-	Greek
Eren	-	Turkish