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goodgolly | 16:41 Sat 17th Jan 2015 | Phrases & Sayings
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I am struggling for a phrase/saying that is of the form :

"...... for Nuts"

All I know is that it is just one word that is missing

(like, for instance, "Horses For Courses" or "Money for Jam")

I have no idea of the length of the missing word.

Thanks


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I have heard people say "brains for nuts" but I doubt that answer would be in a quiz
Cannot do ????? for nuts?

????? being whatever it is the person cannot do.....
The Chambers Dictionary gives "not for nuts" as colloquial English for 'not very well' or 'incompetently'. Any use?
Monkeys?
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I think that might be usually in reverse, factor-fiction!

I have worked along that line, ladyalex, but it doess appear to be just a single word that is needed.

Thank you both
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Not for Nuts is a possibility, buenchico - but not quite as 'colloquial' as the other answers I already have for the other phrases.

Tilly2 - that is interesting - I will ponder.
Brains for nuts does not seem to make any sense. Nuts for brains might. As ladyalex says, Can't do --- for nuts, or for toffee, is a common expression, but can't think of a single word answer.
I was thinking along the lines of paying peanuts and getting monkeys.
The other expression is, "If you pay peanuts you get monkeys", but that is obviously not correct here.
I wondered about crazy for nuts but it's not a phrase I've particularly heard of.
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Thanks everyone - at least I know I'm not missing something very obvious.

I'll go away and think some more.
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Mmmm... Could be, though one would normally say, "working for peanuts", rather than just nuts.

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