Idiom
come from a Cracker Jack box
Meaning
To obtain or retrieve something that is useless, cheap or fake.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This cheap watch feels like it came from a Cracker Jack box.”
“The tools he bought online were so poorly made that they seemed like they came from a Cracker Jack box.”
“The amateurish legal advice he received was so unreliable that it appeared to have come from a Cracker Jack box rather than a professional firm.”
Examples
simple
“This cheap watch feels like it came from a Cracker Jack box.”
contextual
“The tools he bought online were so poorly made that they seemed like they came from a Cracker Jack box.”
complex
“The amateurish legal advice he received was so unreliable that it appeared to have come from a Cracker Jack box rather than a professional firm.”
Key words
Related idioms
- Updated