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pots for rags 

In Lancashire it means someone who either has mental illness or impaired capacity for other reasons. The allusion is to the traditional rag and bone man who collected rags in exchange for small trifles such as a jam jar or a balloon. If you were pots fer rags (pots for rags) you would do the reverse of the common sense expected approach.
Since our Tom got hit on head with that brick he’s been pots for rags!
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Pots and pans 

1. The way people celebrate a major win, or new years eve, banging pots and pans together to make noise without the fireworks.
2. As an ice breaker in a greeting.
Hey man, great to see you again, pots and pans! Word order can be rearranged.
Pots and pans by Kibisima May 5, 2018

pots&pans 

pots&pans by dx March 3, 2003

Pots and pans 

Describing somebody who is poor. Additionally, it can be used to describe anything that is poverty-stricken.
1) Look at that guy's jacket, he's totaly pots and pans
2) She broke up with him because she could not take his pots and pans lifestyle
3) Damn nigga it's pots and pans up in this bitch!
Pots and pans by Snarkysnark January 15, 2008

Pots and Shit

Pots and shit refers to whenever something goes terribly wrong. It is referenced to whenever someone jumps out of a plane in a cartoon, but instead of a parachute, pots and shit come out of the bag.
Someone brings you their child to watch because they've got a date and you don't. That's a Pots and Shit moment.
Pots and Shit by B Prime August 30, 2008

Pots for jug handles 

Idiom.
Synonymous with crazy, insane, mad.
She's pots for jug handles
Pots for jug handles by bigfemur October 17, 2020