Idiom
not worth a whistle
Meaning
Worthless or pointless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old broken watch is not worth a whistle.”
“The cheap tool broke immediately, so I realized it was not worth a whistle.”
“Despite the elaborate marketing campaign, the product proved to be not worth a whistle once customers discovered its fundamental flaws.”
Examples
simple
“That old broken watch is not worth a whistle.”
contextual
“The cheap tool broke immediately, so I realized it was not worth a whistle.”
complex
“Despite the elaborate marketing campaign, the product proved to be not worth a whistle once customers discovered its fundamental flaws.”
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