not worth a brass farthing

Definition

Worth nothing or next to nothing.

Example Sentences

• "One's own private knowledge of a man's character is not worth a brass farthing as legal evidence."
• "2005, Jeremy Page, "Russia is now ripe for freedom revolution, warns Solzhenitsyn," timesonline.com (UK), 7 Jun. (retrieved 29 Sep. 2008), Democracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets."