can\'t find one\'s way out of a paper bag

Arabic translation: العجز عن القيام/تدبير أسهل الأمور

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English term or phrase:can\\\'t find one\\\'s way out of a paper bag
Arabic translation:العجز عن القيام/تدبير أسهل الأمور
Entered by: Mohamed Fouda

21:04 Oct 2, 2016
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: can\'t find one\'s way out of a paper bag
Intelligence is an incredibly important distinction and a valuable thing to have in life. But I always tell people, so many intelligence people can't fight their way out of a paper bag.
Mohamed Fouda
Egypt
Local time: 04:31
العجز عن القيام/تدبير أسهل الأمور
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/couldn't [act] way out o...
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4يعجزون عن حل أتفه المشكلات
Iman Hessein
4يعجزون عن تجاوز واقعهم المؤلم
Morano El-Kholy
4العجز عن أداء أبسط المهام
ProZAli
3العجز عن القيام/تدبير أسهل الأمور
LZA18
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Kindly check this reference.
Morano El-Kholy

  

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يعجزون عن حل أتفه المشكلات


Explanation:
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/way_out_of_a_paper_bag

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Note added at 23 mins (2016-10-02 21:28:15 GMT)
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http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/out-of-a-paper-bag.28...

This suggestion is the person is so stupid, or weak that they can't do the simplest thing. It appears that the phrase has evolved into others that aren't quite so easy to guess the general meaning.


Iman Hessein
Egypt
Local time: 04:31
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 42
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يعجزون عن تجاوز واقعهم المؤلم


Explanation:
والله أعلم

Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
Local time: 04:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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العجز عن أداء أبسط المهام


Explanation:
باعتبار كيس الورق سهل الاختراق

ProZAli
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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العجز عن القيام/تدبير أسهل الأمور


Explanation:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/couldn't [act] way out o...



    Reference: http://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/out-of-a-paper-bag/?cat...
    Reference: http://context.reverso.net/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9...
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I heard recently the saying “stuck in a rut” originally came from farmers who would drive their tractors down the same route in dirt every day and after a while, the tractor wheels would build up a significant groove, or rut, that would eventually become too high for the tractor wheels to jump. When a tractor got stuck in this rut, it would require many super strong people to hoist the heavy machinery up and move it in a different direction so that it could forge a new path. In this metaphor YOU are the tractor. But I’m sure you knew that.

My point being: we’ve all been that tractor at some point in our lives and longed to be set on a new course, but lacked the bicep strength, it seemed, to make it happen. It’s dark there, in that rut. For me, it literally felt like being stuck in a paper bag: dark, airless and stinking of rotting sandwiches. And the longer I was stuck there, the more I doubted I’d ever get out. But luckily, I did. Whether it be a job we’ve outgrown, a relationship that’s no longer working for us or way of being that’s not the least bit useful, sometimes we need help to envision our way out.


    Reference: http://www.thefrisky.com/2013-10-15/how-to-find-your-way-out...
Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 127
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