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couldn't run a bath

couldn't run a bath verb: lacks the competence to manage any kind of project.

Verb

couldn't run a bath

  1. (humorous, informal) Lacks the competence to manage any kind of project.

Origin of couldn't run a bath

A pun on run (“draw water from a tap”) and run (“to manage”).

Questions about couldn't run a bath

What does couldn't run a bath mean?
Couldn't run a bath means lacks the competence to manage any kind of project.
What part of speech is couldn't run a bath?
Couldn't run a bath is a verb.

Words near couldn't run a bath in the dictionary

  1. couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle
  2. couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel
  3. couldn't piss a hole in the snow
  4. couldn't pour water out of a boot
  5. couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
  6. couldn't run a bath
  7. couldn't seem
  8. couldn't stand
  9. couldn't stand the sight of
  10. couldn't stop a pig in a passage
  11. couldn't wait

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