cataplasme sur une jambe de bois
French, noun/ka.ta.plas.mə syʁ yn ʒɑ̃b də bwa/
cataplasme sur une jambe de bois is spelled C-A-T-A-P-L-A-S-M-E-S-U-R-U-N-E-J-A-M-B-E-D-E-B-O-I-S (27 letters). Cataplasme sur une jambe de bois is a French masculine noun meaning “something as useful as tits on a bull, as useful as a chocolate teapot, as useful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, as useful…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mesure inefficace ou insuffisante”.
What does cataplasme sur une jambe de bois mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomething as useful as tits on a bull, as useful as a chocolate teapot, as useful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, as useful carrying coals to Newcastle, something of no earthly use (something completely useless and inefficient)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mesure inefficace ou insuffisante.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cataplasme sur une jambe de bois
- cataplasmes sur une jambe de bois plural
- cataplasmes sur des jambes de bois plural
- cataplasme sur jambe de bois alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cataplasme sur une jambe de bois?
- /ka.ta.plas.mə syʁ yn ʒɑ̃b də bwa/
- /ka.ta.plaz.mə syʁ yn ʒɑ̃b də bwa/
- \ka.ta.plasm sy.ʁ‿yn ʒɑ̃b də bwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.