Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: could-n't or-gan-ise a pis-s-up in a brew-ery
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

32

Letters

7

Syllables

17

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"“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.[…]”"
"'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'."
"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!"

Etymology

Presents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish.

Usage

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle couldn't pour water out of a boot

Questions

What does couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery mean?: Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.
Where does couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery come from?: Presents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish.

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