he can't do it for toffee

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• can't do something for toffee — can t do sth for ˈtoffee idiom (old fashioned, BrE, informal) if sb can t do sth for toffee, they are very bad at doing it • He can t dance for toffee! Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• can't do something for toffee — can t (do something) for toffee British, informal if you say that someone can t do something for toffee, you mean that they are extremely bad at doing that thing. Annie couldn t act for toffee, but she still got a part in the school play …   New idioms dictionary

• can't do it for toffee — If you can t so something for toffee, you are incapable of doing something properly or to any sort of standard …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• someone can't do something for toffee — someone can’t do something for toffee informal old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing how bad someone is at doing something I can’t swim for toffee. Thesaurus: not skilful or ablesynonym Main entry: toffee …   Useful english dictionary

• someone can't do something for toffee — informal old fashioned used for emphasizing how bad someone is at doing something I can t swim for toffee …   English dictionary

• can't for toffee — can t (do something) for toffee British, informal if you say that someone can t do something for toffee, you mean that they are extremely bad at doing that thing. Annie couldn t act for toffee, but she still got a part in the school play …   New idioms dictionary

• for toffee — (informal) (always with a neg) at all, as in he can t dance for toffee • • • Main Entry: ↑toffee …   Useful english dictionary

• for toffee —  To any degree whatever.  ♠ I can t sing for toffee …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• toffee — tof|fee [ˈtɔfi US ˈta:fi] n [U and C] 1.) a sticky sweet brown substance that you can eat, made by boiling sugar, water, and butter together, or a piece of this substance 2.) can t do sth for toffee BrE informal to be very bad at doing something… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• toffee — noun (C, U) 1 a sticky sweet brown substance that you can eat, made by boiling sugar, water, and butter together, or a piece of this substance 2 can t do sth for toffee BrE informal to be very bad at doing something: He can t sing for toffee! …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• toffee — tof|fee [ tafi ] noun count or uncount a sweet sticky brown food made by cooking sugar, butter, and water at a high temperature, or a candy made of this someone can t do something for toffee INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED used for emphasizing how bad… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English