"like a hole in one's head" meaning in English

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        "3": "װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ"
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      "expansion": "Calque of Yiddish װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ (vi a lokh in kop)",
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of Yiddish װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ (vi a lokh in kop).",
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          "ref": "2012, Scott Eyman, Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford, page 470",
          "text": "Ford looked at him for a moment. “Fort Apache?” he asked. “Yes, Fort Apache,” said Clothier.\n“I need that goddamn sequence like I need a hole in my head,” grumbled Ford. “We'll shoot that whole goddamn thing over right here on the stage.”",
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        "Absolutely not; used to describe how little one needs an undesirable thing or situation."
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        "(informal, emphatic, postpositive) Absolutely not; used to describe how little one needs an undesirable thing or situation."
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          "word": "like a hole in the head"
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  "word": "like a hole in one's head"
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        "3": "װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of Yiddish װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ (vi a lokh in kop).",
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          "text": "Ford looked at him for a moment. “Fort Apache?” he asked. “Yes, Fort Apache,” said Clothier.\n“I need that goddamn sequence like I need a hole in my head,” grumbled Ford. “We'll shoot that whole goddamn thing over right here on the stage.”",
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        "(informal, emphatic, postpositive) Absolutely not; used to describe how little one needs an undesirable thing or situation."
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  "word": "like a hole in one's head"
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