piss-poor

piss-poor

1. rude slang Extremely impoverished; having no or very little money. We were piss-poor growing up, so each one of my siblings and I understood the value of a hard-earned paycheck by the time we left school. The town has become piss-poor ever since the coal mine shut down in 1986.
2. rude slang Extremely inferior or substandard. Typically used before a noun. After making a couple piss-poor field goal attempts, the kicker was benched for the rest of the game. The only thing they had on set to eat were some piss-poor sandwiches and jugs of tap water.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

piss-poor

1. mod. of very poor quality. (Usually objectionable.) This is piss-poor coffee. Pay the bill and let’s go.
2. mod. without any money; broke. (Usually objectionable.) Tell those piss-poor jerks to go beg somewhere else.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • take a piss
  • panther piss
  • not have a pot to piss in
  • pot to pee/piss in, not have a
  • full of piss and vinegar
  • be (out) on the piss
  • be on the piss
  • don't have a pot to piss in
  • don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)
  • piss-up
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His space? Our space!
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'Cause you'll sell your piss-poor mag to all the uprising posers who change 10 times before going out to skate and shower regularly.
Mail drop
After all, how rich does he have to be before he'll consider it safe to risk the loss of the vapid lead in the next piss-poor romantic comedy?.
Hollywood, j'accuse!
"These papers are piss-poor examples of what can happen to corporate journalism in this country.
Subsidizing the Enemy
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It's because the nevy is so influenced by these aviators that it's still so piss-poor on details.
Supercarrier