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couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

idiom
Meaning

Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.


Origin

disputed origin

Presents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish.

Examples
SIMPLE

He is useless and couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

CONTEXTUAL

After the manager failed to book the venue and lost the guest list, everyone agreed he couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

COMPLEX

Despite his impressive resume, his disastrous handling of the project proved he couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery, leaving the entire team in chaos.

Anchors to
Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    couldn't be more different

    Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.

  2. 02

    couldn't care less

    To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.

  3. 03

    couldn't carry a note in a bucket

    Not musically talented, unable to sing.

  4. 04

    couldn't happen to a nicer

    Sarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.

  5. 05

    couldn't stop a pig in a passage

    To be bow-legged.

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