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not worth a hill of beans

not worth a red cent

not worth a dime

not worth a tinker's damn

Not worth anything; valueless.

As a bricklayer he was not worth a tinker's damn.

I am not familiar with the subject so my opinion would not be worth a tinker's dam.

now and then

now and again

Not often; not regularly; occasionally; sometimes.

Now and then he goes to a ball game.

I don't see him very often, but now and then we arrange to have lunch together.

The maid broke a dish now and then.

now that

Since; because; now.

Now that dinner is ready, wash your hands.

You came early, but now that you're here, take off your coat.

nuke a tater

To bake a potato in a microwave oven.

"We have no time for standard baked potatoes in the oven," she said. "We'll just have to nuke a tater."

null and void

Not worth anything; no longer valid.

Both the seller and the buyer agreed to forget about their previous contract and to consider it null and void.

number among

Consider as one of; consider to be a part of.

I number Al among my best friends.

nurse a drink

To hold a drink in one's hand at a party, pretending to be drinking it or taking extremely small sips only.

John's been nursing that drink all evening.

nurse a grudge

To keep a feeling of envy or dislike toward some person; remember something bad that a person said or did to you, and dislike the person because of that.

Mary nursed a grudge against her teacher because she thought she deserved a better grade in English.

Torn nursed a grudge against John because John took his place on the basketball team.