Idiom idiom
chocolate teapot
Meaning
Something totally useless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That cheap umbrella is as useful as a chocolate teapot.”
“The new software update is like a chocolate teapot because it crashes every time I open it.”
“His elaborate plan to fix the economy proved to be as effective as a chocolate teapot, leaving the committee frustrated and without a solution.”
Origin
Derived from the phrase *useful as a chocolate teapot*. The term appears in English in the latter half of the 20th century, describing an object whose primary material composition ensures its immediate failure upon first use.
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Last updated August 10, 2026