| 单词 | as useful as a chocolate teapot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas useful (also successful, etc.) as a chocolate teapot (also fireplace, etc.) colloquial. as useful (also successful, etc.) as a chocolate teapot (also fireplace, etc.) and variants: not useful, successful, etc., at all. Hence in similar phrases. ΚΠ 1973 A. Garner Red Shift 20 ‘You great wet Nelly,’ said his father. ‘You're as much use as a chocolate teapot.’ 1989 Ad Day (Nexis) 29 June 5 Their start was about as successful as a chocolate teapot. 1997 Canberra Times (Nexis) 30 Nov. a21 There was one professor who thought he knew it all—he was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. 1998 People (Electronic ed.) 12 May Our lawyer was as much use as a chocolate kettle and the building society made more mistakes than you'd have thought possible. 2000 Sunday Mail (Electronic ed.) 2 Jan. Managers generally last as long as a chocolate fireplace under Gil. 2013 A. Bomford Time to Dance xx. 133 With no scripts to learn, no costumes to pack and no friend to phone, I felt as useful as a chocolate fire-guard. < as lemmas |
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