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like a hole in the head

like a hole in the head is the alternative form of like a hole in one's head.

Meaning of like a hole in one's head

Prepositional phrase

  1. (emphatic, informal, postpositional) Absolutely not; used to describe how little one needs an undesirable thing or situation.
    • Ford looked at him for a moment. “Fort Apache?” he asked. “Yes, Fort Apache,” said Clothier.
      “I need that goddamn sequence like I need a hole in my head,” grumbled Ford. “We'll shoot that whole goddamn thing over right here on the stage.”2012, Scott Eyman, Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford, page 470

Questions about like a hole in the head

What is like a hole in the head the alternative form of?
Like a hole in the head is the alternative form of like a hole in one's head.

Words near like a hole in the head in the dictionary

  1. like a hawk
  2. like a headless chicken
  3. like a headless chook
  4. like a hen on a hot griddle
  5. like a hole in one's head
  6. like a hole in the head
  7. like a hot knife through butter
  8. like a house afire
  9. like a kid at Christmas
  10. like a kid in a candy store
  11. like a kid on Christmas morning

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