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NEED (SMTH.) LIKE ONE NEEDS A HOLE IN THE HEAD
to have absolutely no need for smth.
 NEED (SMTH.) LIKE ONE NEEDS A HOLE IN THE HEAD
1. Bonita arrived at work to find a new stack of papers on her desk. “I need more work like I need a hole in the head,” she complained.
2. Don’t subscribe to another magazine, since you already receive more magazines than you can possibly read. You need a new magazine like you need a hole in the head.

The expression, which comes from Yiddish, is ironic. One certainly wouldn’t want or need a hole in one’s head, and one wants or needs the thing in question just as little.


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