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Kotomora

箸はしにも棒ぼうにも引ひっかからない

Meanings

1

expression, i-adjective

hopeless; incorrigible; good-for-nothing

Idiomatic expression describing a person or thing so useless or beyond help that nothing can be done. Non-standard variant of 箸にも棒にもかからない; the addition of 引っ (from 引っかかる) intensifies the sense of being caught or snagged by nothing at all.

See also: 箸にも棒にもかからない