need like a hole in the head

need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the head

To 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 head

not 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 head

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]

need (something) like a hole in the head, to

A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. 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).

词组	need like a hole in the head
释义	need like a hole in the head need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the head To 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. See also: head, hole, like, need, needs Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. need something like a hole in the head not 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. See also: head, hole, like, need McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. need like a hole in the head 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] See also: head, hole, like, need The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. need (something) like a hole in the head, to A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. 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). See also: hole, like, need The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the head need something like a hole in the head need/want somebody/something like a hole in the head need (something) (about) as much a fish needs a bicycle need (something) like a fish needs a bicycle park that thought What can I do for you? cry out for cry out for (someone or something)
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