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three skips of a louse

idiom

The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    count to three

    Synonym of count to ten.

  2. 02

    louse up

    To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.

  3. 03

    me three

    Used to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too." Can be continued as "me four," "me five," and so on.

  4. 04

    three guys in a garage

    A small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.

  5. 05

    Three Musketeers

    A group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.

  6. 06

    three score and ten

    Seventy, being the number of years in a full lifetime of traditionally-expected duration.

  7. 07

    three sheets to the wind

    Unsteady from drink.

  8. 08

    three squares

    Three square meals, understood as a complete, satisfying, and nourishing regimen of food taken over the course of a day.

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