no soap
Meaning
no soap
(idiomatic, slang, dated) It is (or was) a failure.
Synonyms: no joy, nothing doing
Antonyms
Examples
Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government.
Capps said that he’s visited an Ice facility where there was no soap or cleaning supplies, and that Ice and US Customs and Border Protection facilities have a “very, very poor” recent track record with disease.
Have you ever carried soap in your bag, in case you come to a place where there’s no soap?