have two pennies to rub together



not have two pennies to rub together

  (British, American & Australian) also not have two nickels to rub together (American)
to be very poor She's been out of work for months and doesn't have two pennies to rub together.
See also: have, penny, rub, together, two

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Celestinathe-le-STEE-nah (Spanish), se-le-STEE-nah (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-nah (Italian)Spanish, Italian
Kreine-Yiddish
Christabellakris-tə-BEL-əEnglish (Rare)
Anaxagoras-Ancient Greek
Ladislao-Italian
Vova-Russian