answer is a lemon, the—(coll.) the answer is unsatisfactory or non-existent:
- Do all and sundry succeed? Very frankly, “the answer is a lemon.” Luck does not support all…
it’s a lemon—(U.S. coll.) it is of poor quality and continuously breaks down:
- What happens if you buy a new car only to find out a month later that it’s a lemon?