not have a penny to (one's) name Idiom

a household name

"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.

drop a name/drop names

pretend you know famous people, name dropper He was dropping names at the interview - Klein, Clinton etc.

household name

(See a household name)

in heaven's name

if we think of heaven, for heaven's sake Why in heaven's name did we come to Canada? It's cold here!

it has your name on it

we saved this one for you, it is yours There's a steak on the grill, and it has your name on it.

make a name for oneself

become well-known or famous He has made a name for himself in the field of computers.

make a name for yourself

become well known, become famous Martin Luther King made a name for himself - and for freedom!

name dropper

one who implies famous people are his friends What a name dropper! He spoke of Gordon Lightfoot as his friend.

name is cleared

name is not involved in a scandal or a crime The lawyer thinks I should leave town until my name is cleared.

name is mud

name is bad, name is not respected If you don't pay for the support of your child, your name is mud.

not accept a penny to (one's) name

To be acutely poor; to accept actual little or no money to spend. During college, back I didn't accept a penny to my name, I survived off of ramen noodles for months at a time. They acclimated to be so able-bodied off, but the abridgement comatose and their business closed, and they don't accept a penny to their name anymore.Learn more: have, name, not, penny, to

not accept a penny to your name

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not accept a cent to your name

mainly AMERICANIf addition doesn't accept a penny to their name or doesn't accept a cent to their name, they are poor. He never had a penny to his name while he was with me. Note: You can additionally say that addition is without a penny to their name with the aforementioned meaning. Four months afterwards emigrating, the brace alternate to Britain after a penny to their name. He concluded up a abandoned old man after a cent to his name. Note: You can say that addition has a assertive bulk of money to their name, acceptation that is how abundant money they have. In 1990, with alone $500 to her name, she landed a $33,000-a-week contract.Learn more: have, name, not, penny, to

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nail down nail him nail in your coffin nail it down naked as a jay bird naked eye name dropper name is cleared name is mud name of the game name someone after narrow escape nary a word NASA NATO natural high nature calls not harm a hair on (one's) head not harm/touch a hair of somebody's head not have (any of) it not have (one's) heart in (something) not have a (kind of) bone in (one's) body not have a (snowball's) chance in hell not have a (some kind of) bone in (one's) body not have a bar of (something) not have a bar of something not have a bean not have a care in the world not have a cat in hell's chance not have a chance in hell (of doing something) not have a Chinaman's chance not have a clue not have a ghost of a chance not have a good word to say about (someone of something) not have a good word to say for (someone of something) not have a hope in hell not have a hope in hell (of doing something) not have a leg to stand on not have a look in not have a lot on not have a minute to call (one's) own not have a penny not have a penny to (one's) name not have a penny to bless (oneself) with not have a penny to bless yourself with not have a penny to your name not have a pot to pee in (or a window to throw it out of) not have a pot to piss in not have a prayer not have a red cent not have a shot in (one's) locker not have a snowball's chance in hell not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell not have a stitch of clothes not have a stitch of clothes (one) not have a stitch of clothing (one) not have a stitch on not have a...bone in your body not have a/the ghost of a chance not have all (one's) buttons not have all (one's) marbles not have all day not have all marbles not have an earthly chance not have any of (something) not have anything on not have anything on (someone or something) not have anything to do with (someone or something)