hold no brief for

Idioms  

1. Refuse to support, dislike, as in I hold no brief for liars. This term is a negative version of the legal expression hold a brief for, meaning “to support or defend a position by argument.” The noun brief has been used in this way since the 1200s.

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Example Sentences

I hold no brief for Kim Kardashian, nor for the people who sustain her by consuming the media in which she so lucratively appears.

From The Guardian

I hold no brief for “Chariots of Fire,” but if your hero comes to Cambridge, feels half snubbed as an outsider, and exacts his revenge by winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games, your drama is ready-made.

From The New Yorker

I hold no brief for Hillary Clinton or anyone else in the race.

From Salon

I hold no brief for women as women.

From The New Yorker

But it was not love: I do not claim that; I hold no brief for myself, I do not excuse it.

From Literature