expression, i-adjective
hopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing
Idiomatic expression describing a person or thing that is utterly useless, beyond help, or impossible to deal with. Often used in negative evaluations of someone's character or abilities.
彼は箸にも棒にもかからない怠け者だ。
He is a hopelessly lazy person.
この壊れた機械はもう箸にも棒にもかからない。
This broken machine is beyond repair now.