Part of me thinks what he does here's extremely cool and part of me thinks he looks and sounds like a complete jackleg.
Fire all the staff, sell the place to a new owner (because he's a jackleg too), and learn how to make beer and then you might be able to call yourself a good brewpub.
A climber is not top notch until s/he is in control of the tree and in control of themselves at all times. Until then, they're jacklegs, and poison to any but the most desperate.
Synonyms
blunderer, incompetent, amateur, bumbler, botcher, clown, hopeless case
Definition of jackleg in US English:
jackleg
nounˈjakleɡˈdʒæklɛɡ
US informal
An incompetent, unskillful, or dishonest person.
〈美,非正式〉不胜任(或不熟练)的人,不诚实的人
as modifiera jackleg carpenter
蹩脚的木匠。
Example sentencesExamples
A climber is not top notch until s/he is in control of the tree and in control of themselves at all times. Until then, they're jacklegs, and poison to any but the most desperate.
Part of me thinks what he does here's extremely cool and part of me thinks he looks and sounds like a complete jackleg.
Fire all the staff, sell the place to a new owner (because he's a jackleg too), and learn how to make beer and then you might be able to call yourself a good brewpub.
Synonyms
blunderer, incompetent, amateur, bumbler, botcher, clown, hopeless case