老婆当军

Pinyin: lǎo pó dāng jūn Usage: 主谓式；作谓语、宾语；含贬义 Explanation: 比喻毫无用处，只是充数而已 Source: 明·兰陵笑笑生《金瓶梅词话》第26回：“俺们说话不中听，老婆当军，充数罢了。” Example: 我要这混帐儿子做甚么？～，没的充数哩！★清·西周生《醒世姻缘传》第五回 Thesaurus:  a polite and modest term referring to oneself as just a "filler"for an opening, seat, etc. make up the number, Vice-known difficulties, the facts don’ t quite correspond to one’ s reputation Antonym Group:  would rather go without than be contented with any thing less satisfactory, Ningyiwulan, remarkable people, talented and romantic scholar