[Vocabulary] You can't crack a coconut if you're a dead anchovy'

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'You can't crack a coconut if you're a dead anchovy'.

What does it means?
 

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Where did you find this strange phrase?
 

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Since cricket doesn't make any sense, it only stands to reason that its color commentary wouldn't either. ;-)

Seriously, sports commentary doesn't have to make sense. The ice hockey commentator here is famous for saying things like "Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one, too!" and "Scratch my back with a hacksaw!" when goals are scored.
 

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Since cricket doesn't make any sense, it only stands to reason that its color commentary wouldn't either. ;-)

Seriously, sports commentary doesn't have to make sense. The ice hockey commentator here is famous for saying things like "Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one, too!" and "Scratch my back with a hacksaw!" when goals are scored.

Where is "here", eh?
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Where is "here", eh?
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Western Pennsylvania. It's the Pittsburgh Penguins' announcer who is one of the old style "characters."
 
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When I opened the above video link, I heard this phrase but, now I couldn't. I encountered this phrase many times in/on the cricket commentary.
 
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When I opened the above video link, I heard this phrase but, now I couldn't. I encountered this phrase many times in/on the cricket commentary.

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I would not say that it is a phrase that is common in cricket commentary in general, however Andy Zaltzman is a comedian who often makes up silly phrases as part of his act and also does this in his cricket commentating as well.
 
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