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      • like a hole in the head Meaning to have absolutely no need for something emphasizing that getting something unnecessary would only cause more problems the term is mostly used with ‘ need ‘ for something that is not useful at all
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  2. May 7, 2007 · What you say when something bad or really inconvenient happens that makes your life more difficult at that moment in time. Usually in response to a specific event. The speeding ticket I got? I needed that like a hole in my head. by Hopelessly out of style January 8, 2017.

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    to have absolutely no need for something
    emphasizing that getting something unnecessary would only cause more problems
    the term is mostly used with ‘need‘ for something that is not useful at all
    I need a new friend is like a hole in the head, I am good to be single.
    I need another pair of black shoes like a hole in the head. But I am buying them anyway.
    Keeping another pet is like a hole in the headfor me, I already have many.
    With all of the new restructuring going on we need another client like a hole in the head. But corporate is only worried about money.

    It is related to being shot. If a bullet penetrates your head it will leave a hole. Nobody wants a hole in their head. The original expression can probably be traced back to Yiddish (a language used by Jewish people before the holocaust.) The Yiddish saying is: The phrase was often used by Jewish writers. One of the earliest examples found is spoke...

  3. Jan 28, 2021 · Whether it’s a euphemism used to shy away from talking about a topic that’s too taboo from some, or the complete opposite and a visceral, visual slang term that penetrates the mind, we’ve invented...

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  4. Apr 5, 2004 · 1) A definition for one who has an excessivley large hole or dent in their head. 2) A name fore someone who is mentally retarded until a certain extent. 3) Very rarely used ased a term for "Faggot". Oh quiet you hole head !

  5. skimpily. starve someone/something of something. taken. unaccompanied. unappeased. See more results ». (Definition of need something like you need a hole in the head from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) C1.

  6. Dec 8, 2010 · urban myth has it that if you shout this 'i'm a celebrity ket me out of here' loud enough while in a k-hole you will automatically be released from it's grip. It takes its name from i'm a celebrity get me out of here where celebrities shout the same thing to get out of doing tasks.

  7. If you say that you need something or someone like a hole in the head, you are emphasizing that you do not want them and that they would only add to the problems that you already have. [informal, emphasis] We need more folk heroes like we need a hole in the head. See full dictionary entry for hole.

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