as phony as a three-dollar bill

(as) phony as a three-dollar bill

and (as) queer as a three-dollar bill

mod. phony; bogus. The whole deal stinks. It’s as queer as a three-dollar bill. Stay away from him. He’s phony as a three-dollar bill.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cosma	-	Italian
Saturn	SA-tərn (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Adjoa	-	Western African, Akan
Paraskevas	-	Greek, Late Greek
Genoveva	he-no-VE-vah (Spanish), zhə-noo-VE-və (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
HỮU	-	Vietnamese