Useful as a bucket under a bull

phrase

Completely useless.

Example of 'Useful as a bucket under a bull'

- Strewth mate, look at the haircut me dad gave me!
- Stone the crows! With a pair of scissors in hand he's about as useful as a bucket under a bull.

Comments

Explanation for townies: A bull can’t give milk, so putting a bucket under it for milking is a most futile endeavour. This phrase is in the same vein as ‘useful as tits on a bull‘.

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