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not worth a brass farthing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Worth nothing or next to nothing.
    • 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.
    • One's own private knowledge of a man's character is not worth a brass farthing as legal evidence. 1915, Sax Rohmer, chapter 24, in The Yellow Claw:

Relateds

brass farthing

Synonyms

worthless · not worth a plug nickel · good for nothing (worth nothing or almost nothing) · rubbish

Translations (5)

it non valere una cicca (worth nothing) · sv inte värd ett rött öre (worth nothing) · sv inte värd ett ruttet lingon (worth nothing) · sv inte värd ett korvöre (worth nothing) · fr ne pas valoir tripette (worth nothing)