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need like a hole in the head
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).
[
; c. 1940
]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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