notch on one's bedpost
a person someone has had sex with
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note
He changed his note; he told another sort of a story.
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nothing at all
Here fig is either an example of something comparatively worthless or the Spanish fico (<?.v.) — adopted as English by the Elizabethans — a gesture of contempt made by thrusting the thumb between the first and second fingers, much as we say, "I don't care that for you," snapping the fingers at the same time. See THUMB (To bite one's thumb). A fig for Peter.
nothing but
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
nothing doing
Refusing or rejecting something
nothing for it
No other choice is available
Nothing for nothing. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1111)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful! (Samuel Beckett)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
nothing if not
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nothing is certain but death and taxes
Nothing in life is guaranteed except death and paying taxes
nothing less than
completely or absolutely
nothing like
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
nothing more than
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nothing short of
completely or utterly
nothing succeeds like success
Success often leads to more success
nothing to it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nothing to write home about
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nothing ventured, nothing gained
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. (Manser, 2007 p. 207)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
notional
Imaginative, full of ideas. Used in America to express a wife’s imaginations with regard to her husband’s doings.
noughts and crosses
a game where two players take turns marking spaces on a grid
nourish a viper in one's bosom
To care for someone who will eventually harm you
nouse
Comprehension, perception.—Old, apparently from the Greek, νοῦς. Gaelic and Irish, NOS, knowledge, perception.
nov
A novice.
november llth
His Martinmas will come, as it does to every hog — Le. all must die. Novem- ber was the great slaughtering time of the Anglo-Saxons, when oxen, sheep, and hogs, whose food was exhausted, were killed and salted. Thus the proverb intimates that our day of death will come as surely as that of a hog at St. Martm's-tide.
now and again
Occasionally or from time to time
now and later
at the present time and also in the future
now and then
Occasionally or from time to time
Now Barabbas was a publisher. (Lord Byron)
A humorous, satirical description of a publisher
now for
used to indicate a change in subject or activity
now or never
do something immediately or miss the opportunity
now you mention it
Used to acknowledge something as true or relevant after someone mentions it
now you're cooking
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
now you're talking
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
now, more than ever
At this time, something is especially needed or true
nowhere
Horses not placed in a race—that are neither first, second, nor third—are said to be NOWHERE, especially when this lack of position happens to favourites.
nowhere to be found
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nozzle
The nose of a man or woman.
nu-male
A New Man.
nub
The neck; also coition.
nubbing
Hanging. Nubbing cheat: the gallows. Nubbing cove; the hangman. Nubbing ken; the sessions house.
nubian queen
A powerful or dominant female figure
nuclear option
a drastic and extreme measure
nudge nudge wink wink
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nug
An endearing word: as, My dear nug; my dear love.
nugget of truth
A small but valuable or accurate piece of information
nuggets
Money.
nugging dress
An out-of-the-way old-fashioned dress, or rather a loose kind of dress, denoting a courtesan.
nuke the fridge
to ruin something with an unrealistic or implausible element
null and void
Completely invalid or having no legal effect
nulla linea
See No DAY WITHOUT ITS LINE under LINE. Nulli secundus (nttl' I se kfin' diis) (Lat., second to none). The motto of the Coldstream Guards, which regiment is hence sometimes spoken of as the Nulli Secundus Club.
number four
heroin
number games
Manipulating numbers to deceive or mislead
Number Nip
Another name for Riibezahl Nivetta. See MORGAN LE FAY.
number of his mess
When a man dies in the army or navy, he is said to "lose the NUMBER OF HIS MESS."
number one
The best or most important thing
number one
Oneself; hence, to take care of number one, to look after oneself, to seek one s own interest; to be selfish.
number one with a bullet
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
numbers
To consult the book of numbers: a term used in the House of Commons, when, instead of answering or confuting a pressing argument, the minister calls for a division, i.e. puts the matter to the vote.