Originally Posted By: bexter
Also use it to say how useless people are when doing something or asking them do something for you: "You're worse than a wet flannel", or a bit pathetic "ach, stop being such a wet flannel". Ah the English English language is wonderfully expansive wink
We use something similar though it's mostly used in team sports : "You play like a wet newspaper". Flannel of course has more elegance.