not a sausage

Noun

 * 1) absolutely nothing, none of something.
 * He said he would get in touch, but it's been over a week and not a sausage.
 * John: Do you know how I get to the town center from here?
 * Jill: Not a sausage I'm afraid, I'm just visiting.
 * I've just looked through our accounts, and it's not good. We've got nothing, not a sausage.

Usage notes

 * This is normally used to refer to no amount of something specific that is implied. In the examples above, the "sausage"s are "communication", "ideas", and "money".