English

Phrase

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

1. (Britain, 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, 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. […] ”

Synonyms

• 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