Idiom
fart in an elevator
Meaning
Something proverbially unpopular or useless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That bad idea is as popular as a fart in an elevator.”
“His suggestion to cut everyone's vacation time was about as welcome as a fart in an elevator.”
“The politician's proposal to increase taxes during a recession was received by the public like a fart in an elevator, earning him no friends in the legislature.”
Examples
simple
“That bad idea is as popular as a fart in an elevator.”
contextual
“His suggestion to cut everyone's vacation time was about as welcome as a fart in an elevator.”
complex
“The politician's proposal to increase taxes during a recession was received by the public like a fart in an elevator, earning him no friends in the legislature.”
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