hold no brief for someone or something
- hold no brief for someone or something
hold no brief for someone or something
not to tolerate someone or something; to be opposed to someone or something. •
I hold no brief for Wally and his friends.
•
Rachel holds no brief for that kind of thing.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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