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  • 1 way out of his league

    på en helt annan nivå än honom, mycket bättre än honom

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  • 2 went out of his way

    han gjorde sig extra besvär, han ansträngde sig verkligen

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  • 3 way

    adv. oerhört; långt, högt
    --------
    n. väg, stig; sätt, vis; avseende; form; riktning; avstånd
    * * *
    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) väg, passage
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) väg
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) gata[], väg[]
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) väg, el. oöversatt: det är långt till skolan
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) sätt, vis
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) sätt, vis, avseende
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) sätt, uppträdande, beteende
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) fram, el. oöversatt: de hade snart ätit sig igenom maten
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) långt, högt
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means

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  • 4 out of place

    inte på sin plats, olämplig
    * * *
    1) (not suitable (to the occasion etc): His clothes are quite out of place at a formal dinner.) inte på sin plats, olämplig
    2) (not in the proper position; untidy: Although he had had to run most of the way, he arrived with not a hair out of place.) i oordning

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  • 5 go out of one's way

    lägga an på, göra sig besvär
    * * *
    (to do more than is really necessary: He went out of his way to help us.)

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  • 6 cut

    adj. skuren; reducerad, sänkt
    --------
    n. snitt, rispa; sår; bit, skiva; nedskärning
    --------
    v. skära; reducera, skära ned; snida, tälja
    * * *
    1. present participle - cutting; verb
    1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)
    2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)
    3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)
    4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)
    5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)
    6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)
    7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)
    8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)
    9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')
    10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)
    11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)
    12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)
    13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)
    2. noun
    1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) jack, []avbrott, klippning, []sänkning
    2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) skärning, modell
    3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) stycke, skiva, bit
    - cutting 3. adjective
    (insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) bitande, sårande
    - cut-price
    - cut-throat
    4. adjective
    (fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) mördande
    - cut and dried
    - cut back
    - cut both ways
    - cut a dash
    - cut down
    - cut in
    - cut it fine
    - cut no ice
    - cut off
    - cut one's losses
    - cut one's teeth
    - cut out
    - cut short

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  • 7 worm

    n. mask; (bildl.) stackare, kryp; (tekn.) gänga; rörslinga; (med.) avmaska; ett datavirus som vanligtvis kopierar sig själv genom nätverket och förstör datorens tillgångar (data)
    --------
    v. krypa, orma, åla; nästla sig in; smyga in, tränga in; avmaska
    * * *
    [wə:m] 1. noun
    (a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) mask
    2. verb
    1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) orma (åla, slingra) sig
    2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) locka (lirka) ur

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  • 8 escape

    n. rymning; läcka; tillflykt
    --------
    v. rymma, fly; läcka; undkomma
    * * *
    [i'skeip] 1. verb
    1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) rymma
    2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) slippa undan, undkomma
    3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) undgå, falla ur minnet
    4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) läcka
    2. noun
    ((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) rymning, flykt, läcka
    - escapist

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  • 9 hack

    n. hack; skåra; torrhosta; taxi; maskinskrivare
    --------
    v. skära, hacka, slå, hacka sönder; köra taxi; åka; rida
    * * *
    [hæk] 1. verb
    1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) hacka, skära
    2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) hugga []
    2. noun
    1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) hack, hugg, skåra
    2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) ridhäst, uthyrningshäst, taxi
    - hacking
    - hacksaw

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  • 10 work

    adj. arbets-
    --------
    n. arbete; verksamhet; yrke; sysselsättning; arbetsplats; verk; gärning; göromål; kraftansträngning
    --------
    v. arbeta; fungera; sätta i gång; sköta; bearbeta; lyckas; orsaka; driva; lösa; arbeta sig fram
    * * *
    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) arbete
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) arbete, jobb
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) arbete, grejor
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) verk
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) arbete
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) arbete, jobb
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) [] arbeta (jobba)
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) arbeta, jobba, ha arbete (jobb)
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) [] fungera
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) fungera, lyckas, klaffa
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) arbeta sig
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) börja bli
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) arbeta, bearbeta
    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works
    3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) urverk, mekanism
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) gärningar
    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders

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  • 11 through

    adj. direkt
    --------
    adv. genom; från sida till sida, till slut
    --------
    prep. genom, igenom; i
    * * *
    [Ɵru:] 1. preposition
    1) (into from one direction and out of in the other: The water flows through a pipe.) igenom
    2) (from side to side or end to end of: He walked (right) through the town.) igenom
    3) (from the beginning to the end of: She read through the magazine.) igenom
    4) (because of: He lost his job through his own stupidity.) genom
    5) (by way of: He got the job through a friend.) genom
    6) ((American) from... to (inclusive): I work Monday through Friday.) från... till
    2. adverb
    (into and out of; from one side or end to the other; from beginning to end: He went straight/right through.) igenom
    3. adjective
    1) ((of a bus or train) that goes all the way to one's destination, so that one doesn't have to change (buses or trains): There isn't a through train - you'll have to change.) direkt-
    2) (finished: Are you through yet?) färdig
    4. adverb
    (in every part: The house was furnished throughout.) helt igenom, genomgående, överallt
    - soaked
    - wet through
    - through and through
    - through with

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  • 12 wit

    n. vett, förstånd; klokhet; intelligens; slagfärdighet, skarpsynthet; snille, ljushuvud
    --------
    v. veta (ålderdomligt)
    * * *
    [wit]
    1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) slagfärdighet
    2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) kvickhuvud, spirituell person
    3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) vett, förstånd
    - - witted
    - witticism
    - witty
    - wittily
    - wittiness
    - at one's wits' end
    - keep one's wits about one
    - live by one's wits
    - frighten/scare out of one's wits
    - out of one's wits

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  • 13 put

    n. stöt, kast (av en järnkula)
    --------
    v. sätta, ställa, lägga; ställa in; placera; markera, ange
    * * *
    [put]
    present participle - putting; verb
    1) (to place in a certain position or situation: He put the plate in the cupboard; Did you put any sugar in my coffee?; He put his arm round her; I'm putting a new lock on the door; You're putting too much strain on that rope; When did the Russians first put a man into space?; You've put me in a bad temper; Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French?) ställa, sätta, lägga, skicka, översätta
    2) (to submit or present (a proposal, question etc): I put several questions to him; She put her ideas before the committee.) ställa, lägga fram
    3) (to express in words: He put his refusal very politely; Children sometimes have such a funny way of putting things!) uttrycka, formulera
    4) (to write down: I'm trying to write a letter to her, but I don't know what to put.) skriva
    5) (to sail in a particular direction: We put out to sea; The ship put into harbour for repairs.) löpa, gå, styra
    - a put-up job
    - put about
    - put across/over
    - put aside
    - put away
    - put back
    - put by
    - put down
    - put down for
    - put one's feet up
    - put forth
    - put in
    - put in for
    - put off
    - put on
    - put out
    - put through
    - put together
    - put up
    - put up to
    - put up with

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  • 14 test

    n. prov; test
    --------
    v. undersöka, kontrollera, testa, pröva
    * * *
    [test] 1. noun
    1) (a set of questions or exercises intended to find out a person's ability, knowledge etc; a short examination: an arithmetic/driving test.) prov, test
    2) (something done to find out whether a thing is good, strong, efficient etc: a blood test.) prov
    3) (an event, situation etc that shows how good or bad something is: a test of his courage.) prov, prövning
    4) (a way to find out if something exists or is present: a test for radioactivity.) undersökning
    5) (a test match.) landskamp
    2. verb
    (to carry out a test or tests on (someone or something): The students were tested on their French; They tested the new aircraft.) pröva, sätta på prov
    - test pilot
    - test-tube

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  • 15 stand

    n. ställning; fot, stativ; ståndpunkt; vittnesbås; läktare; taxistation
    --------
    v. stå; ställa, resa; ställa sig upp, resa sig; stå kvar, stanna; stå ut med; bjuda på
    * * *
    [stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb
    1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) stå
    2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) stå (ställa sig) upp
    3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) stå stilla
    4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) stå fast
    5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) ligga, vara belägen
    6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) förhålla sig, ligga till
    7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) ställa upp
    8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) ställa
    9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) undergå, stå [], tåla
    10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) bjuda på
    2. noun
    1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) posto, ställning, ståndpunkt
    2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) ställ, ställning
    3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) stånd, kiosk
    4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) åskådarläktare
    5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) vittnesbås
    - standing 3. noun
    1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) varaktighet
    2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) ställning, status
    4. adjective
    ((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) standby-
    5. adverb
    (travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) med (på) standbybiljett
    - standing-room
    - make someone's hair stand on end
    - stand aside
    - stand back
    - stand by
    - stand down
    - stand fast/firm
    - stand for
    - stand in
    - stand on one's own two feet
    - stand on one's own feet
    - stand out
    - stand over
    - stand up for
    - stand up to

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  • 16 dig

    n. utgrävning, sevärdhet; knuff; pik
    --------
    v. gräva; hacka upp; tycka om; begripa; börja; gräva ned sig
    * * *
    [diɡ] 1. present participle - digging; verb
    1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) gräva, gräva i
    2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) gräva
    3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) stöta, sticka, köra
    2. noun
    (a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) stöt, körare, pik, gliring
    - dig out
    - dig up

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  • 17 right

    n. höger (politik)
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) höger
    2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) rätt, riktig
    3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) rätt
    4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) rätt
    2. noun
    1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) rätt, rättighet
    2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) rätt
    3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) höger
    4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) höger[]
    3. adverb
    1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) just, precis
    2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) genast, strax, meddetsamma
    3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) alldeles, helt
    4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) rakt, rätt
    5) (to the right: Turn right.) höger
    6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) rätt
    4. verb
    1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) räta upp, komma på rätt köl
    2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) rätta till, gottgöra
    5. interjection
    (I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') visst!, ska ske!
    - righteously
    - righteousness
    - rightful
    - rightfully
    - rightly
    - rightness
    - righto
    - right-oh
    - rights
    - right angle
    - right-angled
    - right-hand
    - right-handed
    - right wing
    6. adjective
    ((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) högerorienterad, -vriden
    - by rights
    - by right
    - get
    - keep on the right side of
    - get right
    - go right
    - not in one's right mind
    - not quite right in the head
    - not right in the head
    - put right
    - put/set to rights
    - right away
    - right-hand man
    - right now
    - right of way
    - serve right

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  • 18 warp

    n. skevhet; snedvridenhet; varp, ränning; varplina
    --------
    v. göra skev, förvrida, förvränga; bli skev, förvridas; förvilla; förvillas; förhala (båt)
    * * *
    I 1. [wo:p] verb
    1) (to make or become twisted out of shape: The door has been warped by all the rain we've had lately.) göra (bli) skev, slå sig
    2) (to cause to think or act in an abnormal way: His experiences had warped his judgement/mind.) snedvrida, förvränga
    2. noun
    (the shape into which something is twisted by warping: The rain has given this wood a permanent warp.) skevhet
    II [wo:p] noun
    (usually with the) the set of threads lying lengthwise in a loom during weaving (the other being the weft [weft]). varp

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  • 19 feel

    n. beröring; känsla; känselsinnet; kontakt (slang)
    --------
    v. må; känna; förnimma; röra; treva, famla
    * * *
    [fi:l]
    past tense, past participle - felt; verb
    1) (to become aware of (something) by the sense of touch: She felt his hand on her shoulder.) känna
    2) (to find out the shape, size, texture etc of something by touching, usually with the hands: She felt the parcel carefully.) känna på
    3) (to experience or be aware of (an emotion, sensation etc): He felt a sudden anger.) känna, erfara, förnimma
    4) (to think (oneself) to be: She feels sick; How does she feel about her work?) känna sig, må
    5) (to believe or consider: She feels that the firm treated her badly.) tycka, mena
    - feeling
    - feel as if / as though
    - feel like
    - feel one's way
    - get the feel of

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  • 20 fight

    n. slagsmål, bråk; strid; gräl; boxningsmatch; stridslust
    --------
    v. bråka; strida, kämpa; slåss; slå tillbaka fienden, kämpa sig fram
    * * *
    1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
    1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) slåss
    2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) bekämpa
    3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) bråka
    2. noun
    1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) slagsmål, strid
    2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) kamp
    3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) kampvilja, stridslust
    4) (a boxing-match.) boxningsmatch
    - fight back
    - fight it out
    - fight off
    - fight one's way
    - fight shy of
    - put up a good fight

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  • way out of a paper bag — noun A minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform such. My boss is so clueless, he couldnt schedule his own way out of a paper bag …   Wiktionary

  • couldn't [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag — humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way out of a paper bag …   New idioms dictionary

  • couldn't act (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… …   New idioms dictionary

  • couldn't argue (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… …   New idioms dictionary

  • couldn't fight (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… …   New idioms dictionary

  • couldn't ... (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… …   New idioms dictionary

  • (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… …   New idioms dictionary

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