- chocolate teapot
- Noun. A useless thing. Usually heard in phrases such as "as useful as a chocolate teapot." E.g. "A car without wheels is as useful as a chocolate teapot." Cf. 'chocolate fireguard'
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
chocolate teapot
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chocolate\ teapot — Something that is useless for what it is designed. I know it looks good, but it doesn t work at all. It s about as useful as a chocolate teapot … Dictionary of american slang
chocolate\ teapot — Something that is useless for what it is designed. I know it looks good, but it doesn t work at all. It s about as useful as a chocolate teapot … Dictionary of american slang
useful as a chocolate teapot — Something which is of no practical use at all is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. When there are no roads, a car is about as useful as a chocolate teapot! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
about as useful as a chocolate teapot — Someone or something that is of no practical use is about as useful as a chocolate teapot … The small dictionary of idiomes
as much use as a chocolate teapot — Something that is as much use as a chocolate teapot is not useful at all … The small dictionary of idiomes
Teapot — Two Victorian Era teapots. Glass tea pot contai … Wikipedia
chocolate soldier — n a weak, ineffectual or cowardly person. The phrase was at the centre of a court case in February 2002 when the black model Naomi Campbell alleged unsuc cessfully that the Daily Mirror had used it in a racist slur against her. In fact the… … Contemporary slang
chocolate fireguard — Noun. A useless thing. Usually heard in phrases such as as useless as a chocolate fireguard. Cf. chocolate teapot … English slang and colloquialisms
as much use as a chocolate teapot — adjective Thoroughly useless … Wiktionary
as useful as achocolate teapot — Something which is of no practical use at all is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. When there are no roads, a car is about as useful as a chocolate teapot … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
