| 单词 | to have as much use for something as a dog has for a side pocket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have as much use for something as a dog has for a side pocket In various phrases indicating a complete lack of necessity, as to have as much use for something as a dog has for a side pocket and similar: to have no use at all for something. ΚΠ 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) (at cited word) He has as much need of a wife as a dog of a side pocket; said of a weak old debilitated man. 1828 S. Dales Quakers & Cock Robins 58 They will have no more use ‘for a silken purse than for a sow's ear’, or ‘a toad for a side-pocket’. 1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Inside Bar iii. 265 He's no more use for a hunter now, than a cow has for a side-pocket. 1964 F. E. Smith Yazoo River 225 He [sc. the bear] hadn't no more use for his feet nor a toad for a side pocket. 2008 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 13 Dec. l6 Toronto needs another French restaurant like a dog needs side pockets. < as lemmas |
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