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“as useful as a chocolate teapot”

It is idiom and means that it is totally useless.

Also used “as useful as a chocolate fireguard”

Examples:

  • A car in a heavy traffic jam is as useful as a chocolate teapot.
  • That umbrella is stuck inside out, so it’s about as useful as a chocolate teapot right now.
  • If the referee gives the opponents a penalty, he yells, ‘When they circumcised you they threw away the wrong part.’ If a player is not trying hard enough, he bellows, ‘You are as much use as a chocolate teapot.’

More informations: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/104958/origin-of-as-useful-as-a-chocolate-teapot-fireguard/104961

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/useful_as_a_chocolate_teapot

BBC: Chocolate teapot proves useful