Absolutely no need for something, No desire whatsoever for something

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  • The expression originates from a common American slang of the 1940s. The slang was for showing absolutely no need or is completely not required. In the expression the words “hole in the head” are connected to an expression in Yiddish i.e. loch in kop.
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