not a sausage

English

Noun

not a sausage

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".