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a pot to piss in

Indonesian translation: tidak punya uang sama sekali

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English term or phrase:did not have a pot to piss in
Indonesian translation:tidak punya uang sama sekali
Entered by: Kardi Kho

05:50 Dec 15, 2004
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English term or phrase: a pot to piss in
I'm telling you, that girl was a Georgia peach, and she was the apple of my eye to boot. But I was between a rock and a hard place and didn't have so much as a pot to piss in. The thing is, if I had it to do all over again, it'd be a whole different story, you can bank on that.

Apakah "a pot to piss in" itu sebuah idiom? Apa artinya?

Terimakasih.
Yohanes Sutopo
Local time: 22:48
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Explanation:
Jika seseorang tidak mempunyai 'a pot to piss in' itu artinya dia tidak mempunyai banyak uang. Seingat saya, ungkapan ini berasal dari zaman dahulu di mana tidak ada wc di dalam rumah sehingga orang biasanya memakai 'pot' sebagai 'toilet'. Jika seseorang 'pot' tersebut saja tidak punya, berarti orang tersebut miskin sekali.
HTH
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Kardi Kho
Indonesia
Local time: 22:48
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Explanation:
Jika seseorang tidak mempunyai 'a pot to piss in' itu artinya dia tidak mempunyai banyak uang. Seingat saya, ungkapan ini berasal dari zaman dahulu di mana tidak ada wc di dalam rumah sehingga orang biasanya memakai 'pot' sebagai 'toilet'. Jika seseorang 'pot' tersebut saja tidak punya, berarti orang tersebut miskin sekali.
HTH

Kardi Kho
Indonesia
Local time: 22:48
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 18
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Benham: It's an old expression frrom the days when people kept a pot under their bed to piss in at night. A chamber-pot, not a toilet.
14 mins
agree  Zein Isa
47 mins
agree  azrin
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