not worth a whistle
not worth a whistle
Worthless or useless to such an extent that the person or thing in question does not merit the effort of being whistled at. I wouldn't have too much faith in Bobby—he's not worth a whistle, and this business will probably just become another in a long line of failures for him. I was so excited when my grandpa said he'd give me his car, but this old clunker isn't worth a whistle.
See also: not, whistle, worth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- worth the whistle
- whistle up
- not worth a plug nickel
- be not worth a plug nickel
- not worth beans
- not worth a continental
- not worth a plugged nickel
- a waste of space
- for the birds, it's/that's
- not worth a tinker's damn