carry a tune

It would be a beautiful song, if only her father could carry a tune.

Jane never could carry a tune, he thought with a smile.

Sam had a fine voice, deep and true, but Jack could hardly carry a tune.

"Other than two or three, the 22 of us who had come to Russia could hardly carry a tune."

"Not one of them that can't carry a tune," he told her after the first evening.

He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, but everyone by then had learned the words.

I'd be happy to sing the rest of it, if only I could carry a tune.

"People who say they can't carry a tune haven't learned to listen," she said.

Fred's ability to carry a tune was quite good in his younger years.

"I don't think there's a man on the whole island who can carry a tune."

I don't recall her playing an instrument or being able to carry a tune.

He began to sing in a voice that had no notion how to carry a tune.

"Not everybody had the greatest voice in the world," she said, "but I could carry a tune."

From which parent she'd inherited the ability to carry a tune wasn't at all clear.

The boys won't be able to carry a tune to save their lives."

"People like us who can carry a tune (have something on the ball) never get a chance.

Our Jane loved to sing, though she couldn't carry a tune.

As my dad says, I can't carry a tune in a wheelbarrow.

Norm and the boys did pretty well with my training, considering none of them could carry a tune.

There was no miking, and not everyone could carry a tune.

She had a lovely speaking voice but couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

How loud can a singer scream while still carrying a tune?

It actually wasn't true; Lauren couldn't carry a tune in a suitcase.

Or the boy who could not carry a tune but envisioned himself as a lark.

"I can't carry a tune in a paper bag," he said.