Phrases & SayingsPeople and character
couldn't organise a chook raffle
Also: couldn't run a chook raffle
Be hopelessly disorganised or incompetent.
In a sentence
They couldn’t organise a chook raffle, let alone the festival.
Where it came from
The cited source records “couldn't organise a chook raffle” in Australian usage. Its deeper origin remains uncertain.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia-wide