pot to pee/piss in, not have a

not have a pot to piss in

rude slang To be broke or destitute. It sounds like Betsy doesn't have a pot to piss in. So what makes you think she's going to loan you money?

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not have a pot to piss in

be very poor. North American

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pot to pee/piss in, not have a

Be extremely poor. This slangy Americanism, as in “The stock market crash wiped him out—now he hasn’t a pot to pee in,” dates from about 1900. The pot in question is a chamber pot.

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