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not have a pot to piss in

not have a pot to piss in verb: to possess no money or resources.

Verb

not have a pot to piss in

  1. (slang, vulgar) To possess no money or resources.
    • When I grew up, my family was so poor we didn't have a pot to piss in, so we pissed in other people's pots. We'd break into people's houses in the dead of night, find people's pots and take a giant piss in them because we had accumulated full bladders from holding down urine all day long from...2017, Norm Macdonald Live, season 3, episode 12, spoken by Norm Macdonald

Forms of not have a pot to piss in

alternative formnot have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of

Questions about not have a pot to piss in

What does not have a pot to piss in mean?
Not have a pot to piss in means to possess no money or resources.
What part of speech is not have a pot to piss in?
Not have a pot to piss in is a verb.

Words near not have a pot to piss in in the dictionary

  1. not hardly
  2. not have a bean
  3. not have a care in the world
  4. not have a clue
  5. not have a leg to stand on
  6. not have a pot to piss in
  7. not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of
  8. not have a prayer
  9. not have both oars in the water
  10. not have the faintest
  11. not have the faintest idea

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