"Not hit the broad side of a barn" nghĩa là gì?

"Not hit the (broad) side of a barn" = không bắn trúng mạn bên của chuồng ngựa/nhà kho -> (tiếng lóng) nghĩa là chỗ rộng như thế bắn còn trượt, mục tiêu dễ như vậy mà không làm được.

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He is such a big-time (hạng nhất) perimeter defender (hậu vệ), and Denver's rotational and switching energy has picked up considerably since his return. And he's even hitting a few shots after he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn all year.

When Craig Kimbrel was “rusty” (lỗi thời) and couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn the first few outings of the 2020 season, Jeffress was not only there to clean up his mess, he was there to pick up the slack (làm phần việc thay người khác) while Kimbrel figured things out.

Some prognosticators (nhà tiên lượng) saw Allen as a junior college kid who couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn in his two seasons as a starter at Wyoming, which went 15-9 against FBS competition with Allen behind center and didn’t exactly dominate the Mountain West Conference.

I waffled (viết dông dài) over character creation—I've always preferred to play magic-users, but the first few levels of a wizard's (phù thủy) life are incredibly painful due to their lack of hit points, quickly exhausted spells, and inability to wear decent armor (áo giáp) or hit the broad side of a barn with their silly little newbie staves (gậy).

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