need like a hole in the head

1. Have 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]

Example Sentences

“And if I appear a little lopsided, it’s because I’ve had a bunch of minor strokes — which I need like a hole in the head.”

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