for toffee | Idiomator

Meaning: (chieflyBritish,idiomatic,intensifier)At all, especially of a (completely lacking) skill or ability.Synonyms:for sour apples,for the life of oneI can't swimfor toffee.2006October 7, Nicholas Lezard, “In bed with Tracey Emin”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:This book was always going to be on the cards. As her work testifies, she [Tracey Emin] may not be able to spellfor toffeebut 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 pintfor toffee.

Examples:

EN: Old Simpson says I can't draw a map for toffee.
ES: El viejo Simpson dice que no sé dibujar un mapa.
EN: Oh, that's all right. The old boy can't cross-examine for toffee.
ES: Todo irá bien, ese hombre no sabría interrogar ni en un examen oral.
EN: I was thinking of the sea, of swimming out there, except I can't swim for toffee, and forgetting about everything.
ES: Estaba pensando en el mar. En nadar, aunque no sé nadar. Y olvidarme de todo.
EN: I can't bat for toffee.
ES: No sé batear para nada.
EN: You can't make love for toffee.
ES: Que eres un pésimo amante.
EN: I can't throw for toffee.
ES: No puedo tirar ni una mala piedra.
EN: Dear. I can't throw for toffee.
ES: No sé tirar con precisión.
EN: When I was a boy, I once took five shillings out of the collection plate at church for toffee.
ES: Cuando era un chaval, robé una vez cinco chelines de la colecta para comprar tofe.
EN: Tim. He can't fly for toffee, but at least when he goes down, he'll know exactly where he is.
ES: No puede volar un Toffoe, pero al menos cuando cae, sabe dónde está.
EN: And Pip here... sorry, Mr Hogge, he wants me to lip-sync along to some various hits, which is a good thing really because I cannot hold a note for toffee.
ES: Y Pip, lo siento, el Sr. Hogge, quiere que haga playback con algunas canciones.
EN: Not him, he can't squeeze for toffee.
ES: No él, no puede pedir mucho.
EN: She can't act for toffee and she has this barking passion for afternoon tea.
ES: No puede interpretar para caramelos tostados y tiene una pasión enfermiza por la merienda.
EN: Yes, and she's on there going, he can't shoot for toffee.
ES: Sí, y ella allí diciendo, que es pésimo disparando.
EN: I was a little old for toffee apples, I thought, but I realised that he wanted one, and he was pretending it was for me, the reason why he was buying them.
ES: Era un poco mayor para una manzana de caramelo, pensé, pero me dí cuenta de que él quería una, y pretendía que fue por mí, la razón por las que las compraba.
EN: No, she couldn't cook for toffee.,
ES: No, ella no podía cocinar ni caramelo.

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