had-been
/ˈhadbiːn/noun
A person whose best days are over; a has-been.
- Chiefly used in narratives or reported speech using the past tense..
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Samuel Richardson (bap. 1689, d. 1761), printer and author. From had, past tense of have + been, past participle of be.
- 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
- nothing daunted
- nothing doing
- nothing if not
- nothingism
- nothingist
- nothingless
- nothing less than
- nothingly