# come from a Cracker Jack box

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/come-from-a-cracker-jack-box
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To obtain or retrieve something that is useless, cheap or fake.

## 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.

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