wouldn't cut hot butter

wouldn't cut hot butter

Is too dull to cut anything, even that which should be easy to cut (like hot butter). How am I supposed to cut a steak with this knife that wouldn't cut hot butter?
See also: butter, cut, hot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • cut through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter
  • cut with
  • cut (someone or something) with (something)
  • cut a fat hog
  • cut eyes at
  • cut eyes at (someone or something)
  • cut out for, to be
  • cut down to
  • cut (something) down to (something)
  • cut your peaches