neither use nor ornament
neither use nor ornament
Totally worthless; serving no purpose whatsoever. Just what is that hideous thing Lady Ethel gave us? From what I can tell, it's neither use nor ornament. The new player has been neither use nor ornament to the team all season, spending the entire time on the sidelines with an injury. My dad is neither use nor ornament when looking after my kids, so I never ask him to babysit.
See also: neither, nor, ornament, use
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- ornament
- (as) worthless as tits on a boar (hog)
- rattlebones
- rattle-bones
- be like a deer caught in the headlights
- be no good
- late in the day
- fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down
- no good
- no-good