not worth the powder

phrase

Etymology

An allusion to gunpowder being wasted on small birds etc.

Definitions

  1. Not worth the time or effort.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for not worth the powder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA