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nothing doing

idiom

Absolutely not; definitely no.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    come to nothing

    To fail completely; to have no result.

  2. 02

    dance on nothing

    To be hanged.

  3. 03

    here goes nothing

    Indicates a lack of confidence or certainty about the activity about to be tried.

  4. 04

    hiding to nothing

    A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

  5. 05

    if nothing else

    At the very least; as a minimum.

  6. 06

    much ado about nothing

    A lot of fuss or bother about something trivial.

  7. 07

    nothing for it

    No alternative; nothing else to be done or to have recourse to.

  8. 08

    nothing if not

    Certainly; definitely; (sometimes also obliquely) thoroughly; wholly; to a high degree; extremely.

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