need like a hole in the head Idiom, Proverb
need like a hole in the head
need like a hole in the head Have neither a need nor a desire for something, as in
I needed that extra work like I need a hole in the head. This expression has such ancestors as “As much need of it as he has of the pip [a disease] or of a cough,” from John Ray's
English Proverbs (1678), and “As much need of it as a toad of a side pocket,” from Francis Grose's
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785). [Slang; c. 1940]
need (something) like (one) needs a aperture in the head
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not to charge article at all. I charge a abode cat like I charge a aperture in the head! She needs addition car like she needs a aperture in the head.Learn more: head, hole, like, needneed like a aperture in the head
Have neither a charge nor a admiration for something, as in I bare that added assignment like I charge a aperture in the head. This announcement has such ancestors as "As abundant charge of it as he has of the pip [a disease] or of a cough," from John Ray's English Proverbs (1678), and "As abundant charge of it as a toad of a ancillary pocket," from Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785). [Slang; c. 1940] Learn more: head, hole, like, needneed (something) like a aperture in the head, to
A abounding item, article one does not appetite at all. A slangy Americanism of the 1940s, it is the avant-garde agnate of “as abundant charge on’t, as he hath of the pip [a disease], or of a cough” (John Ray, English Proverbs, 1678) and “as abundant charge of it as a toad of a ancillary pocket” (Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1785). The 1944 accumulating of accessories from the U.S. Army advertisement Yank had “The Partisans charge chow-chow like they charge a aperture in the head” (Best from Yank).Learn more: hole, like, need