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for toffee en · ADP

Meanings

1. (UK, emphatic, idiomatic, intensifier) At all, especially of a (completely lacking) skill or ability.
   • Bleeding Nora! Half head, it was. Do you want a flake in that, love? Couldn't pull a pint for toffee. 2016, Matthew Bulgo, Constellation Street, Oberon Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:
   • This book was always going to be on the cards. As her work testifies, she [Tracey Emin] may not be able to spell for toffee but words are very important to her. 2006 October 7, Nicholas Lezard, “In bed with Tracey Emin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • I can't swim for toffee.

Synonyms

for sour apples · for the life of one