funny as a crutch

(as) funny as a crutch

Not funny or amusing at all. Yeah, cancer is about as funny as a crutch, huh?
See also: crutch, funny
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*funny as a crutch

not funny at all. (Sarcastic. *Also: as ~.) Your trick is about as funny as a crutch. Nobody thought it was funny. The lame joke Ron told was as funny as a crutch, and we all yawned.
See also: crutch, funny
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (as) funny as a crutch
  • funny
  • funny peculiar
  • funny-peculiar
  • funny ha-ha
  • the funny thing is
  • haha
  • too funny for words
  • #dead
  • peculiar
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