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1 whelk stall
Ларёк, где продают съедобных моллюсков, в частности, на берегу моря.He couldn't run a whelk stall. — Он даже с ларьком с моллюсками не справится (т. е. он ни на что не способен).
Существует также выражение that's no way to run a whelk stall - так не подобает вести дело (в США: that's a hell of a way to run a railroad!). Есть также вульгарная, но очень колоритная фраза, обозначающая невысокое мнение о чьих-либо организаторских способностях:He/she couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery. — Он/она не может организовать даже выпивку в пивоварне.
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2 That's no way to run a whelk stall!
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