not worth a brass farthing

Adjective

 * 1)  Worth nothing or next to nothing.
 * 2) * 2005, Jeremy Page, "Russia is now ripe for freedom revolution, warns Solzhenitsyn," timesonline.com (UK), 7 Jun. (retrieved 29 Sep. 2008),
 * Democracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets.
 * Democracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , see Thesaurus:worthless

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian: non valere una cicca
 * Russian: не стоить ломаного гроша /to be not worth a broken half-copeck/
 * Swedish: /not worth a red (i.e. copper) öre/, inte värd ett ruttet lingon /not worth a rotten lingonberry/, inte värd ett korvöre