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9. Fair enough. I have not seen it used in the UK like you showed it is used at times in the US.

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 06:54 AM

23 hrs ago

I have learned so much in regards to idiom from my 7 and half plus years here on DU.

One of my all-time favourites is the Aussie expression 'As useful as tits on a bull', although TBH I did know that before I came to DU in mid 2018, but an Aussie DU jogged my memory long ago.

Thanks for the input,

Cel

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Thanks. It is also apparently used informally in a legal setting. Disaffected Yesterday #8

Fair enough. I have not seen it used in the UK like you showed it is used at times in the US. Celerity 23 hrs ago #9

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