箸はしにも棒ぼうにもかからない

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.

• 彼かれは箸はしにも棒ぼうにもかからない怠なまけ者ものだ。

  He is a hopelessly lazy person.

• この壊こわれた機き械かいはもう箸はしにも棒ぼうにもかからない。

  This broken machine is beyond repair now.