pork chop at a Jewish wedding phr.
used in various phrs. below.
In phrases
unpopular.
posting at discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk 29 Nov. 🌐 [George W. Bush] is too dumb to realise that he is as popular as a pork chop at a jewish wedding. | ||
posting at www.aulro.com 3 Dec. 🌐 After all your lorikeet jokes over the CB, my wife and daughter reckon you pair are about as popular as a pork chop at a Jewish wedding. |
irrelevant, superfluous, useless.
posting at ‘Daily Truth’ at blogs.smh.com.au [blog] Prefer the old ‘useless as a pork chop at a Jewish wedding’ phrase. |
unwelcome, completely superfluous or unwanted.
🌐 There were hundreds of darkys everywhere who all turned and stared as we walked past, making us shit our pants and feel about as welcome as a pork chop at a Jewish wedding. | posting||
Body Worship 181: He looked like a pig in knickers [...] and proceeded to ignore me – which made me feel as welcome as pork chop at a Jewish wedding. |
to make a gross social faux pas, to behave inappropriately.
Only Fools and Horses [TV script] They’re going down like saveloys in a kibbutz. | ‘To Hull and Back’||
Indep. Rev. 22 Mar. 4: The ads [...] have gone down like a pork chop at a Bar Mitzvah. | ||
🌐 I began writing songs around 14ish but didn’t have the confidence to sing any of them at a gig until around 22ish. I started trying them out at pub gigs where although many went down like ‘A pork chop at a Jewish wedding’ I found that I was actually starting to be asked to sing some of them as requests! | Bradysmusic.co.uk
(Aus.) in very great difficulties, in a most embarrassing situation.
DSUE (8th edn). | ||
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 87/1: like a pork chop in a synagogue inappropriate or ill at ease. | ||
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. |
superfluous, inappropriate.
MikeyCAD Home Page 9 Dec. 🌐 Bill upset him further by introducing an electronic drum set for the session, which he said ‘was like a pork chop at a Jewish wedding’; it was simply inappropriate. | ||
🌐 Was it just me or did Davina stick out like a pork chop at a Jewish wedding? | ‘Popstars’ ChristopherNeave.com