Hole in the head  by ajisaac

Hole in the head

JUST FOR FUN......!

'To need (something) like a hole in the head'

A superfluous item, something one does not want at all or to have neither a need nor a desire for something like 'I needed that extra work like I need a hole in the head.'

A slangy Americanism of the 1940s, it is the modern equivalent of “as much need on’t, as he hath of the pip [a disease], or of a cough” (John Ray, English Proverbs, 1678) and “as much need of it as a toad of a side pocket” (Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1785). The 1944 collection of articles from the U.S. Army publication Yank had “The Partisans need chow-chow like they need a hole in the head” (Best from Yank).
Very creative
June 27th, 2021  
@bkbinthecity Many thanks!
June 29th, 2021  
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