Idiom
walk and chew gum at the same time
Meaning
To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He cannot even walk and chew gum at the same time.”
“The new manager struggles to answer emails and talk on the phone, as if he cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.”
“Critics argued that the candidate lacked the basic focus required to govern, suggesting he could not walk and chew gum at the same time.”
Examples
simple
“He cannot even walk and chew gum at the same time.”
contextual
“The new manager struggles to answer emails and talk on the phone, as if he cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.”
complex
“Critics argued that the candidate lacked the basic focus required to govern, suggesting he could not walk and chew gum at the same time.”
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