He is useless and couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.
couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
idiomIs unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.
Origin
disputed originPresents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish.
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.
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.
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couldn't be more different
Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.
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couldn't care less
To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.
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couldn't carry a note in a bucket
Not musically talented, unable to sing.
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couldn't happen to a nicer
Sarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.
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couldn't stop a pig in a passage
To be bow-legged.