Meaning: air bag

n.
a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward

can't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag Idiom, Proverb

a three-bagger

a person who needs three bags over his head because he looks so scary """What did he look like?"" ""He was at least a three-bagger. He also needed a bath."""

a three-bagger (baseball)

a hit that allows the batter to run to third base Molitor hit a three-bagger in the sixth game of the World Series.

bag and baggage

everything you own, all of one's possessions The next day, he moved into her apartment - bag and baggage.

bag lady

a lady who looks for food and bottles in the streets Behind the restaurant, a bag lady was digging in the garbage cans.

bag of tricks

"skills, methods, plans; devices to entertain" You need a large bag of tricks to teach the Grade 8 class.

bag some rays

sit or lie in the sunshine, have a sun bath While you're swimming, I'm going to bag some rays.

bagel

(See get bageled)

brown bag it

take a lunch to work I have had to brown bag it every day this week as the company cafeteria is closed for repair work.

Cabbagetown

a district in Toronto where European immigrants live Restaurants in Cabbagetown serve European food.

cat's out of the bag

(See the cat's out of the bag)

can't bite (one's) way out of a cardboard bag

Extremely weak, ineffectual, or incompetent. You appetite to action me? You can't bite your way out of a cardboard bag! Don't accredit that activity to her, she couldn't bite her way out of a cardboard bag!Learn more: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way

can't bite one's way out of a cardboard bag

Be inept, as in Ask him to affairs the VCR? He can't bite his way out of a cardboard bag. This abstract appellation for acute amateurishness originally was an announcement of antipathy for a anemic or afraid boxer. [Slang; c. 1910] Learn more: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way

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cast pearls before swine cast your vote cat get cat get one cat got your tongue cat nap cat's ass cat's meow cat's out of the bag catcall catch 22 catch a buzz catch a cold catch a cold (catch cold) catch a glimpse catch a plane/bus/train catch a ride can't help but notice (that) (something) can't help it can't help noticing (that) (something) can't help something can't hit the (broad) side of a barn can't hit the broad side of a barn can't hit the side of a barn can't hold (one's) drink can't hold a candle to can't hold a candle to (someone or something) can't hold a candle to someone/something can't hold it (in) can't keep (one's) eyes off (of) (someone or something) can't keep (one's) hands off (someone) can't live with them, can't live without them can't make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear can't make anything out (of something) can't make head nor tail of (someone or something) can't make head or tail of can't make head or/nor tail of something can't make heads nor tails of (someone or something) can't make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something) can't make heads or tails of can't nail (something) down can't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag can't punch (one's) way out of a wet paper bag can't punch one's way out of a paper bag can't put a name to (someone) can't remember a fucking thing can't remember shit can't rightly say can't say as I do can't say boo to a goose can't say for sure can't say that I do can't say that I have can't see (any) further than the end of (one's) nose can't see (one's) hand in front of (one's) face can't see a hole in a ladder can't see beyond the end of (one's) nose can't see beyond the end of one's nose can't see farther than (one's) nose can't see farther than the end of (one's) nose can't see further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose can't see hand in front of face can't see past the end of (one's) nose can't see straight can't see the forest for the trees can't see the forest/wood(s) for the trees can't see the wood for the trees