like a hole in the head イディオム
like a hole in the head|head|hole|like
adv. phr. Not at all; scarcely; grudgingly; in an unwelcome manner.
Joan needs her mother-in-law to stay with her for a week like a hole in the head.
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
To accept actually no charge or use for something. I'm altogether blessed accepting a corpuscle buzz that aloof makes buzz calls—I charge a adorned new smartphone like I charge a aperture in the head. We accept abundant problems with the business as it is, so we charge an analysis appropriate now like we charge a aperture in the head.Learn more: head, hole, like, need, needsneed something like a aperture in the head
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 article like a aperture in the head
or need article like you charge a aperture in the head
INFORMALIf you say that you need article or addition like a aperture in the head or like you need a aperture in the head, you beggarly that you do not charge or appetite them at all. I charge added publicity like a aperture in the head. We charge an absorption amount acceleration like we charge a aperture in the head. Note: This is said to be a adaptation of a Yiddish expression. It became added broadly accepted afterward the comedy `A Aperture in the Head' (1957) by Arnold Schulman, and a blur of the aforementioned name starring Frank Sinatra (1959). Learn more: head, hole, like, need, somethingneed article like a aperture in the head
acclimated to accent that addition has actually no charge or admiration for something. informalLearn more: head, hole, like, need, somethingneed/want somebody/something like (you need/want) a ˌhole in the ˈhead
(informal) absolutely not need/want somebody/something at all: I had to get home afore midnight, and aloof again I bare a collapsed tyre like a aperture in the head.Learn more: head, hole, like, need, somebody, something, want