- not a sausage
- Phrs. Absolutely nothing. Derived from the Cockney rhyming slang sausage and mash, meaning cash, thus originally 'not having a sausage' indicated having no money.
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not a sausage
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not a sausage — (informal) Nothing at all • • • Main Entry: ↑sausage * * * not a sausage british informal old fashioned phrase nothing ‘Did you find anything?’ ‘No, not a sausage.’ Thesaurus: nothing, none and no onesynonym … Useful english dictionary
not a sausage — ► not a sausage Brit. informal nothing at all. Main Entry: ↑sausage … English terms dictionary
not a sausage — noun absolutely nothing, none of something. He said he would get in touch, but its been over a week and not a sausage … Wiktionary
not a sausage — British informal old fashioned nothing Did you find anything? No, not a sausage … English dictionary
not a sausage Brit. — not a sausage Brit. informal nothing at all. → sausage … English new terms dictionary
not a sausage — not a bit, not a drop … English contemporary dictionary
Not a sausage — absolutely nothing (perhaps from rhyming slang sausage and mash cash) … Dictionary of Australian slang
not a sausage — Australian Slang absolutely nothing (perhaps from rhyming slang sausage and mash cash) … English dialects glossary
not a sausage — Nothing … A concise dictionary of English slang
sausage — ► NOUN 1) a short tube of raw minced meat encased in a skin, that is grilled or fried before eating. 2) a tube of seasoned minced meat that is cooked or preserved and eaten cold in slices. 3) a cylindrical object. ● not a sausage Cf. ↑not a… … English terms dictionary
