| 单词 | not to have a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it from |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to have a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it from P11. slang (originally U.S.). not to have a pot to piss in: to be penniless, to have no money or resources. In early use more fully not to have a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it from and variants. ΚΠ 1934 D. Barnes (typescript) in Nightwood: Orig. Version & Related Drafts (1995) 265 My heart aches for all poor creatures putting on dog, and not a pot to piss in or a window to throw it from. 1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) xlv. 70 A woman must be crazy to..take up with a loafer that ain't got a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it out. 1958 H. R. Cantz People of Coal Town x. 219 Some don't even have a pot to piss in but nevertheless they think that they are a lot better than you are. 1977 Times 8 Jan. 6/2 Ireland where he had come from was where they did not have a pot to piss in. 1998 Boxing Monthly June 37/2 I was 39, hadn't got a pot to piss in, nil prospects. < as lemmas |
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