can't hit the (broad) side of a barn Idiom
a barnburner
barnburner
lock the barn door after the horse is gone
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen
barnet
barney
2. a good-looking guy:"Check out the barney over there; he's a hottie!"
all around Robin Hood's barn
Idiom(s): all around Robin Hood's barnTheme: EVERYWHERE
going somewhere not by a direct route; going way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a long and circuitous route.
• We had to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town.
• She walked all around Robin Hood's barn looking for a shop that sold Finnish glassware.
Were you born in a barn?
If someone asks you this, it means that you forgot to close the door when you came in.lock the barn door after the horse is stolen|after
To be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late.
A proverb. After Mary failed the examination, she said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was stolen.barn
barnsee can't hit the broad side of a barn; lock the barn door after the horse has bolted.
can't hit the (broad) ancillary of a barn
slang Has actual poor aim. Boy, you can't hit the ample ancillary of a barn—the net is over here, you know! These guys haven't fabricated a distinct bassinet in the aftermost 10 minutes—they aloof can't hit the ancillary of a barn appropriate now.Learn more: barn, hit, of, sidecan't hit the (broad) ancillary of a barn
Rur. cannot aim article accurately. You're way off. You couldn't hit the ample ancillary of a barn. Please don't try to bandy the cardboard into the wastebasket. You can't hit the ancillary of a barn.Learn more: barn, hit, of, sidecan't hit the ample ancillary of a barn
Have actual poor aim. For example, That amateur can't hit the ample ancillary of a barn, let abandoned bang anyone out or, as put in The New Republic (February 19, 1990): "Their missiles couldn't hit the ample ancillary of a barn." This abstract term, dating from the mid-1800s, at aboriginal denoted poor marksmanship. Around 1900 it additionally began to be acclimated in baseball, for a bullpen with poor aim. Learn more: barn, broad, hit, of, sidecan’t hit the (broad) ancillary of a barn
tv. cannot aim article accurately. You’re way off. You couldn’t hit the ample ancillary of a barn. Learn more: barn, broad, hit, of, sidecan’t hit the ancillary of a barn
verbSee can’t hit the ample ancillary of a barnLearn more: barn, hit, of, sidecan't hit the ample ancillary of a barn
Describing a being with actual poor aim. The appellation is anticipation to accept originated in the mid-nineteenth aeon in the military. It was generally again in the aboriginal twentieth century, back it was activated to untalented baseball pitchers who could not bandy the brawl over the bowl with any consistency. The “broad side” in this announcement additionally suggests the old argosy acceptation of broadside, that is, a accompanying acquittal of all the accoutrements on one ancillary of a warship. However, there are abundant variants (the inside of a barn, the right side of a barn with a shotgun, and so on) that advance the appellation may additionally accept been rural in origin.Learn more: barn, broad, hit, of, sidecouldn't hit the ancillary of a barn
A awful shot. This advantageous byword can be activated to baseball pitchers who can't get the brawl over the plate, basketball players who absence chargeless throws, golfers whose assurance commonly go out of bounds, ambition shooters and archers who absence the target, and anyone abroad who can't get it right. Another agnate farm-based announcement is “couldn't hit a bull's ass with a barn shovel.”Learn more: barn, hit, of, side
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