Tomato cans slang countable noun
Used to describe someone who doesn't have any experience in a particular field and is so bad at something, especially an inferior fighter in boxing, kickboxing or mixed martial arts
Our boxing team usually gets some tomato cans.
He is a tomato can, and I don't want him in my team.
Although you got the second prize, you was still defeated by the first one and fail to win, come first or become the champion in the end.
A spectator at a sporting event boos at a specific competitor after something they didn't like happen.
Used to indicate the action of a base runner who sneak from one base to another in a baseball
1. A multi-event sporting contest especially a triathlon that consists of long-distance swimming, cycling, and running
2. A person who takes part in such an event
3. A man with great strength and endurance
4. A dollar bill
5. A machine or robot
1. In Cricket, to score one's first run of an inning
2. In sports, to make your first score or accomplish something for the first time
The phrase comes from the childhood pastime of kicking a can down the street—a boxer who wants to succeed has to try to defeat tomato cans and has a win. "Tomato" is related to blood: "knock a tomato can over, and red stuff spills out."