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couldn't carry a tune in a bucket

couldn't carry a tune in a bucket is the simple past of can't carry a tune in a bucket.

Meaning of can't carry a tune in a bucket

Verb

can't carry a tune in a bucket (third-person singular simple present can't carry a tune in a bucket, no present participle, simple past couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, no past participle)

  1. (idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, slang) Sings very badly.

Questions about couldn't carry a tune in a bucket

What is couldn't carry a tune in a bucket the simple past of?
Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket is the simple past of can't carry a tune in a bucket.

Words near couldn't carry a tune in a bucket in the dictionary

  1. couldn't be fucked
  2. couldn't be more different
  3. couldn't but
  4. couldn't care less
  5. couldn't carry a note in a bucket
  6. couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
  7. couldn't catch a cold
  8. couldn't even
  9. couldn't get enough
  10. couldn't happen to a nicer
  11. couldn't have cared less

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