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crutch
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*awkward as a cow on a crutch and *awkward as a cow on roller skates
very clumsy or off balance. (*Also: as ~.) When Lulu was overweight, she was awkward as a cow on a crutch. Tom will never be a gymnast. He's as awkward as a cow on roller skates!
See also: awkward, cow

*funny as a crutch

not funny at all. (Sarcastic. *Also: as ~.) Your trick is about as funny as a crutch. Nobody thought it was funny. The lame joke Ron told was as funny as a crutch, and we all yawned.
See also: funny
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Crutching the lambs to tidy them up will delay the inevitable.
MARTS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The most peculiar symptom of menopause is mass gain which unluckily seems to build up just as a woman finally reaches a stage in her life when she is middle-aged and fully-confident and then the overweight starts crutching on.
Necessary Links Between Fitness and Menopause in Women by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community
FREE Wool Board courses in sheep stockmanship, gear handling, grinding and crutching are running over the coming weeks across Wales.
Out and About: Free courses on care of sheep by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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