couldn't carry a note in a bucket in English

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        "Not musically talented, unable to sing."
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        "(idiomatic, slang, of an individual) Not musically talented, unable to sing."
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        "of an individual"
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        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English negative polarity items",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not musically talented, unable to sing."
      ],
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          "talented",
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        "(idiomatic, slang, of an individual) Not musically talented, unable to sing."
      ],
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        "of an individual"
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        "slang"
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "couldn't carry a note in a bucket"
}

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"couldn't carry a note in a bucket" meaning in English

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