For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">打</span><span class="searchmatch">烂</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span> – see <span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>打爛<span class="searchmatch">嘢</span> (“[someone only] eats and does not do a thing; [when he actually] does things, [he]...
/sɪk̚² jɛː¹³ m̩²¹ t͡sou̯²² jɛː¹³ t͡sou̯²² jɛː¹³ taː³⁵ laːn²² jɛː¹³/ <span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>打爛<span class="searchmatch">嘢</span> (Cantonese) being idle and never doing things right 成事不足，敗事有餘／成事不足，败事有余...
整<span class="searchmatch">烂</span> (zing2 laan6) (Cantonese) 瀉 / 泻 (Hakka) 破 (pò) 砸毀 / 砸毁 (záhuǐ) 砸爛 / 砸<span class="searchmatch">烂</span> (zálàn) 打爛砂盆問到篤 / <span class="searchmatch">打</span><span class="searchmatch">烂</span>砂盆问到笃 打爛齋缽 / <span class="searchmatch">打</span><span class="searchmatch">烂</span>斋钵 毋聲就毋聲，開聲打爛盎 / 毋声就毋声，开声<span class="searchmatch">打</span><span class="searchmatch">烂</span>盎 <span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>打爛<span class="searchmatch">嘢</span> /...
成事不足，敗事有餘 always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success (Cantonese) <span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>打爛<span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>／<span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">打</span><span class="searchmatch">烂</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span> (Hokkien) 生雞卵無，放雞屎有／生鸡卵无，放鸡屎有...
describes someone who is useless and only knows how to cause trouble 成事不足，敗事有餘／成事不足，败事有余 (chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú) (Cantonese) <span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>打爛<span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>／<span class="searchmatch">食</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">唔</span><span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>，<span class="searchmatch">做</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span><span class="searchmatch">打</span><span class="searchmatch">烂</span><span class="searchmatch">嘢</span>...