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Phrase(s): land so poor it wouldn’t even raise a fuss [and] land too poor to raise a racket on
Rur. land where nothing will grow. • I inherited two hundred acres from my uncle, but it’s land so poor it wouldn’t even raise a fuss. • The soil’s exhausted. That land is so poor it wouldn’t even raise a fuss. • Jill can grow a garden anywhere, even on land too poor to raise a racket on.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs