cataplasme sur une jambe de bois

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ta.plas.mə syʁ yn ʒɑ̃b də bwa/
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Noun

cataplasme sur une jambe de bois m (plural cataplasmes sur une jambe de bois or cataplasmes sur des jambes de bois)

  1. (figuratively) something as useful as tits on a bull, as useful as a chocolate teapot, as useful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, as useful carrying coals to Newcastle, something of no earthly use (something completely useless and inefficient)
    Synonyms: cautère sur une jambe de bois, emplâtre sur une jambe de bois, pansement sur une jambe de bois, coup d’épée dans l’eau
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