something is as pointless as...

[alpacinou]

I'm trying to say something is pointless.

How can I complete this sentence?

Trying to reason with this man is as pointless as...

 

[emsr2d2]

Oh, come on, alpacinoutd. I'm sure you can think of some things that are completely pointless. What would you say in your native language? Translate a few of those and then we can comment on whether they're natural or not.

 

[Tdol]

You're good at this sort of thing. Avoid chocolate teapot cliches and get stuck in.

 

[jutfrank]

Avoid chocolate teapot cliches

:-D And ashtrays on motorbikes.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The thing is, if we give you cliches, it will make your writing boring. Come up with something fresh.

 

[probus]

Here's one to get you started, alpacinoutd. Around here people often describe something pointless as "useless as t*ts on a bull." :-D

 

[jutfrank]

Trying to reason with this man is as pointless as...

... asking UE members to supply you with non-tongue-in-cheek similes for how pointless something is.