your money is no good here

English

Phrase

your money is no good here

  1. One's purchases are on the house; one will not be charged for one's purchases; said to insist on comping or treating a customer.
  2. Said to refuse service to a customer.
    • 1907 December, Jack London, “Hoboes That Pass In The Night”, in The Cosmopolitan‎, volume 44, number 2, page 193:
      "Your money's no good here," he answered, shoving the two dimes across the bar to me. Sadly I dropped them back into my pocket, sadly we yearned toward the blessed stove and the armchairs, and sadly we went out into the frosty night.
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