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:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wilhelmus	-	Dutch
Tullia	-	Italian, Ancient Roman
Monika	MO-ni-kah (German), maw-NEE-kah (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Jerko	YER-ko	Croatian
Tiborc	-	Hungarian
ClÁUdio	-	Portuguese