don't have a pot to piss in



don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)

Fig. doesn't have anything of value; very poor. (Use with caution.) When Ed was a young man, he didn't have a pot to piss in. Jane's folks don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of.
See also: have, piss, pot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Matxin-Basque
Middleton['midltən]
Dionnedee-AHNEnglish
AnasztÁZia-Hungarian
LiisaLEE:-sah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
Marcelinomahr-the-LEE-no (Spanish), mahr-se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese