Two Pennies to Rub Together, to not have American phrase informal
Peter's family never had two pennies to rub together.
I didn't know how I survived college, because I didn't have two pennies to rub together.
To have no money
1.Someone viewed with contempt
2. Very bad
save as much money as possible
Used to say that someone attempts to get money from you.
You can conjugate tense for the verb "have"
This phrase derived from the mid to later 1800’s.