词汇 | need like I need a hole in the head |
释义 | (redirected from need like I need a hole in the head)need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the headTo have absolutely no need or use for something. I'm perfectly happy having a cell phone that just makes phone calls—I need a fancy new smartphone like I need a hole in the head. We have enough problems with the business as it is, so we need an audit right now like we need a hole in the head. need something like a hole in the headnot to need something at all. I need a house cat like I need a hole in the head! She needs another car like she needs a hole in the head. need like a hole in the headHave neither a need nor a desire for something, as in I needed that extra work like I need a hole in the head. This expression has such ancestors as "As much need of it as he has of the pip [a disease] or of a cough," from John Ray's English Proverbs (1678), and "As much need of it as a toad of a side pocket," from Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785). [Slang; c. 1940] need something like a hole in the headorneed something like you need a hole in the headINFORMALIf you say that you need something or someone like a hole in the head or like you need a hole in the head, you mean that you do not need or want them at all. I need more publicity like a hole in the head. We need an interest rate rise like we need a hole in the head. Note: This is said to be a translation of a Yiddish expression. It became more widely known following the play `A Hole in the Head' (1957) by Arnold Schulman, and a film of the same name starring Frank Sinatra (1959). need something like a hole in the headused to emphasize that someone has absolutely no need or desire for something. informalneed/want somebody/something like (you need/want) a ˌhole in the ˈhead(informal) definitely not need/want somebody/something at all: I had to get home before midnight, and just then I needed a flat tyre like a hole in the head. |
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