useful as a chocolate teapot in English

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          "word": "useful as tits on a bull"
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          "word": "as much use as a chocolate fireguard"
        },
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          "word": "as much use as a chocolate teapot"
        }
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        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "Totally useless",
          "word": "cho feumail ri pàillean am fàsach"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "useful as a chocolate teapot"
}

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      "word": "chocolate teapot"
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      "word": "as much use as a chocolate fireguard"
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      "word": "as much use as a chocolate teapot"
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Totally useless",
      "word": "cho feumail ri pàillean am fàsach"
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  ],
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"useful as a chocolate teapot" meaning in English

Adjective