navel-string
/ˈneɪvl strɪŋ/noun
The umbilical cord. In later use frequently in to bury one's navel-string and variants (originally and chiefly Caribbean ): to feel a strong bond of loyalty or attachment (to a particular place or institution).
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Philip Sidney (1554–1586), author and courtier. From navel + string.
- not give (or care) a rat's ass
- not give (or care) a whoop
- not give something houseroom
- not-go
- not go any further
- not guilty
- not half
- no thanks to
- not have a bar of
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- not have a leg to stand on
- not have a penny to bless oneself with
- not have a pot to piss in
- not have a prayer
- not have a shot in one's locker
- not have a —— bone in one's body
- not have the faintest
- not have the foggiest (idea or notion)
- not have two pennies (or farthings etc.) to rub together
- nothing
- nothingarian
- nothingarianism
- nothing but
- nothing-but-ism
- nothing-buttery