not worth the paper it is written on 관용구

a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

not account the cardboard it's printed on

Useless; unimportant; insignificant. Oh, that announcement is not account the cardboard it's printed on. You apperceive the bang-up is activity to absolutely change her apperception about it in a few canicule anyway! Due to the contempo hyperinflation, the nation's bill is now not account the cardboard it's printed on.Learn more: not, on, paper, print, worth

not account the cardboard it's accounting on

Useless; unimportant; insignificant. Oh, that announcement is not account the cardboard it's accounting on. You apperceive the bang-up is activity to absolutely change her apperception about it in a few canicule anyway! Due to the contempo hyperinflation, the nation's bill is now not account the cardboard it's accounting on.Learn more: not, on, paper, worth, written

not account the cardboard it is accounting on

(of an agreement, promise, etc.) of no amount or authority whatsoever.Learn more: not, on, paper, worth, written

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a fill-up a fine line a fine-toothed comb a firm hand a flash in the pan a fleeting glance a fly on the wall a fool and his money are soon parted a foregone conclusion a fraidy cat a free-for-all a free hand a freeze on a fresh pair of eyes a fresh start a full house (cards) a full plate not wanted on voyage not wash not what (someone or something) is cracked up to be not what (something) is cracked up to be not with a bang but a whimper not with a bang but with a whimper not with it not worth a (tinker's) damn not worth a brass farthing not worth a continental not worth a damn not worth a dime not worth a fig not worth a hill of beans not worth a hill of beans and not amount to a hill of beans; not ... not worth a plug nickel not worth a plugged nickel not worth a red cent not worth a straw not worth a tinker's curse not worth a tinker's damn not worth a whistle not worth beans not worth mentioning not worth the candle not worth the paper it is written on not worth the paper it's printed on not worth the paper it's printed/written on not worth the paper it's written on not worth the shot and powder not worth the trouble not worth while not worth writing home about not your brother's keeper not your circus, not your monkeys not your cup of tea not your daddy's not your dad's not your department not your father's not your long suit not your scene Not! not/never darken somebody's door again not/never have a good word to say for/about somebody/something not/never in a hundred, etc. years not/never put/set a foot wrong not/never set the world on fire nota bene notch notch above