To throw away a lead or a good chance of winning when you've been on the front foot. More specifically, it is when a team in a leading position loses that lead spectacularly
Manchester United are such Bottle jobs!
by skendz April 21, 2024
Failure to clinch a success from a position of significant advantage either from perceived strength or the status of the competition, such as going up 3-0 in a best of 7 series only to get reverse swept and lose 4-3. While not confirmed, it may come from the idea of having it "in the bottle and failing to put the cap on it" letting it escape.
The 19-0 Patriots going into the Superbowl losing to an Average-at-best Giants team to go 19-1? One of the biggest bottle jobs in history.
by JB1225 May 26, 2024
by Candermusic January 23, 2018
The extremely-limited (and not very good at even those few sectors of knowledge, according to his former boss, Hassan --- "Achmed...! You have worked for us for T'REE YEAHS, and you STILL haven't keeled INFIDEL ONE!") number of "employment-marketable" experiences/capabilities that Achmed originally possessed before he met the Wilson family. After he became acquainted with them and their "totally-peaceable" lifestyle and beliefs, however, the now-cheerfully-toned-down Achmed began learning to "redirect" or "channel" his use-of-explosives expertise to create lovely stone statues that he could then sell to other folks.
I never know when Achmed is gonna decide to hot-headedly make use of his assorted "job-skeels", so I always meekly ask his permission before I say anything to him, so that hopefully he won't feel so much like offing me just because I spoke to him.
by QuacksO November 18, 2018
"Wait until I tell you about the Rope Job Phil pulled on me, here's a hint, it included $190 and a Mets game"
by Phoqbudenugz August 03, 2021
by theguy2024 March 26, 2024