Idiom
three skips of a louse
Meaning
The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old broken toy is not worth three skips of a louse.”
“He argued for hours about the minor mistake, even though it was not worth three skips of a louse.”
“The critic dismissed the entire debate as trivial, claiming the outcome was not worth three skips of a louse to any serious observer.”
Examples
simple
“That old broken toy is not worth three skips of a louse.”
contextual
“He argued for hours about the minor mistake, even though it was not worth three skips of a louse.”
complex
“The critic dismissed the entire debate as trivial, claiming the outcome was not worth three skips of a louse to any serious observer.”
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