for toffee

English

Prepositional phrase

for toffee

1. (chiefly British, idiomatic, intensifier) At all, especially of a skill or ability.

   Synonyms: for sour apples, for the life of one

   I can't swim for toffee.

   • 2006 October 7, Nicholas Lezard, “In bed with Tracey Emin”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     This book was always going to be on the cards. As her work testifies, she may not be able to spell for toffee but words are very important to her.

   • 2016, Matthew Bulgo, Constellation Street, Oberon Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:

     Bleeding Nora! Half head, it was. Do you want a flake in that, love? Couldn't pull a pint for toffee.

Further reading

• “for toffee adv.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present