not much cop
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[edit]not much cop (not comparable)
- (British, slang) Not very good; unimpressive.
- 1971, David Bowie, Kooks:
- 'Cause I'm not much cop at punching other people's Dads
- 1997, Jonathan Romney, Short Orders: Film Writing:
- This one-dimensionality makes Germinal a formidable national monument, but not much cop as a film.
- 2003, Anna Jacobs, Our Lizzie:
- "Not much cop, this place, but I have to keep an eye out for my train. Now, what can I get you, miss?"
- 2007, Jacqueline Wilson, Candyfloss:
- "I'm not much cop at the decorating lark, am I, Floss?" "Never mind, Dad."