couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Presents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish.
Pronunciation
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Phrase
[edit]couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang, idiomatic) Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent.
- 2006, G. C. Lemans, Chantier: A tribute to the world's engineers and their partners in life[1], page 60:
- “Deladrieux should have stayed an accountant,” Murphy sighed. “He's got three people working for him but they're just administrative clerks, pencil-pushers, they couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery. That's what you get when you assign engineering jobs to non-engineers. […] ”
- 2023 January 28, Martin Thiebaut, The Nomad Letters, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
- 'It'll be a sad day when the British leave. You lot couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery without the Queen, God bless her'.
- 2018 December 11, Ian Rogers, London to Magadan, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 47:
- But, a tip for everyone reading this, don't use Visa Machine, as it couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery! And I should know, as I have had three breweries and I can!
Synonyms
[edit]- couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle
- couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel
- couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery
- couldn't pour water out of a boot