not worth a brass farthing
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not worth a brass farthing
- (idiomatic) Worth nothing or next to nothing.
- 1915, Sax Rohmer The Yellow Claw, ch. 24,
- One's own private knowledge of a man's character is not worth a brass farthing as legal evidence.
- 2005, Jeremy Page, "Russia is now ripe for freedom revolution, warns Solzhenitsyn," timesonline.com (UK), 7 Jun. (retrieved 29 Sep. 2008),
- Democracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets.
- 1915, Sax Rohmer The Yellow Claw, ch. 24,
Synonyms
- (worth nothing or almost nothing): good for nothing, not worth a plug nickel, rubbish, worthless
Related terms
- brass farthing
Translations
worth nothing
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