英语词汇“not to be able for toffee”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. not to be able (to do a thing) for toffee: to be incompetent at it. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > be unable to do something [verb (intransitive)] > be incapable or incompetent

to be unable to run a whelk stall1894

not to be able (to do a thing) for toffee1914

1914 Illustr. London News 12 Sept. 380/1 Their opponents cannot ‘shoot for nuts’ (or ‘for toffee’, as one Tommy more expressly put it).

1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase xii. 145 The Morgan wouldn't start, not for toffee.

1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael ii. 76 Those dreary girls you get in every Drama School who can't act for toffee.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xiii. 325 You can't kiss for toffee. You open your mouth too wide.

单词	not to be able for toffee
释义	> as lemmas not to be able (to do a thing) for toffee 2. not to be able (to do a thing) for toffee: to be incompetent at it. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > be unable to do something [verb (intransitive)] > be incapable or incompetent to be unable to run a whelk stall1894 not to be able (to do a thing) for toffee1914 1914 Illustr. London News 12 Sept. 380/1 Their opponents cannot ‘shoot for nuts’ (or ‘for toffee’, as one Tommy more expressly put it). 1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase xii. 145 The Morgan wouldn't start, not for toffee. 1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael ii. 76 Those dreary girls you get in every Drama School who can't act for toffee. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xiii. 325 You can't kiss for toffee. You open your mouth too wide. extracted from toffeen.adj. < as lemmas
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