for toffee

for toffee
At all.

I cant swim for toffee.

Syn: worth beans, worth a hill of beans

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  • for toffee — (informal) (always with a neg) at all, as in he can t dance for toffee • • • Main Entry: ↑toffee …   Useful english dictionary

  • for toffee —  To any degree whatever.  ♠ I can t sing for toffee …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • can't do something for toffee — can t (do something) for toffee British, informal if you say that someone can t do something for toffee, you mean that they are extremely bad at doing that thing. Annie couldn t act for toffee, but she still got a part in the school play …   New idioms dictionary

  • can't for toffee — can t (do something) for toffee British, informal if you say that someone can t do something for toffee, you mean that they are extremely bad at doing that thing. Annie couldn t act for toffee, but she still got a part in the school play …   New idioms dictionary

  • someone can't do something for toffee — someone can’t do something for toffee informal old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing how bad someone is at doing something I can’t swim for toffee. Thesaurus: not skilful or ablesynonym Main entry: toffee …   Useful english dictionary

  • can't do something for toffee — can t do sth for ˈtoffee idiom (old fashioned, BrE, informal) if sb can t do sth for toffee, they are very bad at doing it • He can t dance for toffee! Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • can't do it for toffee — If you can t so something for toffee, you are incapable of doing something properly or to any sort of standard …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • not be able to do something for toffee Brit. — not be able to do something for toffee Brit. informal be totally incompetent at doing something. → toffee …   English new terms dictionary

  • someone can't do something for toffee — informal old fashioned used for emphasizing how bad someone is at doing something I can t swim for toffee …   English dictionary

  • toffee — n. (also toffy) (pl. toffees or toffies) 1 a kind of firm or hard sweet softening when sucked or chewed, made by boiling sugar, butter, etc. 2 Brit. a small piece of this. Phrases and idioms: for toffee sl. (prec. by can t etc.) (denoting… …   Useful english dictionary

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