<p>吃啥啥不剩; 干啥啥不行.</p>

<p>Whatever (he) eats, (he) leaves over nothing; whatever (he) builds, (he) bungles everything. Used mostly on bureaucrats. When a hierarchical organization grows tall enough, it selects almost exclusively characters like this.</p>

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George Chen
<p>As the title says, what's the Mandarin equivalent of the phrase <code>屙尿都屙不伸</code>?</p>

<p>The phrase describes someone who <em>can't do anything</em>, and is pretty much useless. </p>

<p>An English equivalent might be something like <code>couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery</code> - and such phrases like that.</p>

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2014-10-02T20:20:41.610Z
Never heard of this phase...could it be 屙尿都屙不`長`?
Alex
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2014-10-03T01:17:30.020Z
Na, it's definitely 伸 : as in `cant even pee straight`
Mou某
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2014-10-03T14:51:52.297Z
straight should be "直", and "伸直" is a term, maybe 直? Because I haven't heard of the term seriously.  Is it in Cantonese when you heard / read about it?
Alex
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2014-10-03T19:56:11.293Z
Well the original phrase doesn't matter *that* much! I'm just looking for similar terms in Mandarin
Mou某
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2014-10-03T22:21:37.157Z
@user3306356 Well sometimes it helps when we know better about its context.
Pete C.
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Mandarin Equivalent: 屙尿都屙不伸?
# Mandarin Equivalent: 屙尿都屙不伸?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-02)

As the title says, what's the Mandarin equivalent of the phrase `屙尿都屙不伸`?

The phrase describes someone who *can't do anything*, and is pretty much useless.

An English equivalent might be something like `couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery` - and such phrases like that.

**Tags:** translation, mandarin, topolect

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Never heard of this phase...could it be 屙尿都屙不`長`?  
> **username_0**: Na, it's definitely 伸 : as in `cant even pee straight`  
> **username_1**: straight should be "直", and "伸直" is a term, maybe 直? Because I haven't heard of the term seriously.  Is it in Cantonese when you heard / read about it?  
> **username_0**: Well the original phrase doesn't matter *that* much! I'm just looking for similar terms in Mandarin  
> **username_2**: @user3306356 Well sometimes it helps when we know better about its context.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-10-03. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

吃啥啥不剩; 干啥啥不行.

Whatever (he) eats, (he) leaves over nothing; whatever (he) builds, (he) bungles everything. Used mostly on bureaucrats. When a hierarchical organization grows tall enough, it selects almost exclusively characters like this.


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