useful as a chocolate teapot

English

Alternative forms

as much use as a chocolate teapot

Etymology

A chocolate teapot would be melted by hot tea and is therefore a useless idea.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

useful as a chocolate teapot (not comparable)

(simile) Totally useless.
Synonym: useful as tits on a bull

Synonyms

as much use as a chocolate fireguard

Derived terms

chocolate teapot

Translations

Totally useless

Scottish Gaelic: cho feumail ri pàillean am fàsach (literally “as useful as a palace in a wilderness”)

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