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Can you imagine a cow holding a musket...trying to hold it with great big hooves, putting the power and shot in the muzzle...you must be getting the picture now...they would look and be clumsy and making a difficult job of it (or to keep in line with farm life, making a pig's ear of it - but that's another phrase to look up!).

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This phrase means someone or something is clumsy or ineffective. Just like a cow with a musket would not be useful in a battle, a person who is not skilled or equipped for a task is likened to this analogy.

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