► 名詞長物 [ちょうぶつ] [
無用の長物]
meaning: unnecessary rank: 4☆
市民の
役に
立たない
政府など
無用の長物
以外の
何物でもない ⇨ A government that won’t serve the benefit of its citizens is nothing but a useless long thing
(☛ Literally “long thing”. Something that consumes a lot of resource (without any benefit). Only used as an idiom)