never lie to your lawyer
Be honest with your lawyer for effective representation
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never look a gift horse in the mouth
Don't question or criticize something given to you for free
never mind
forget about it or don't worry about it
Never Never Land
An Australian term for North Queensland.
never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
never put off till tomorrow what can be done today
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
Do tasks now rather than delaying them
never reveal a man's wage, and woman's age
Some personal information is best kept private
never say die
Never give up, even when things seem hopeless
never say never
Do not rule out any possibility
never speak ill of the dead
Avoid criticizing or speaking negatively about someone who has died
never tell tales out of school
Don't reveal confidential information
never the twain shall meet
Two things are incompatible and will never come together.
never too old to learn
It's never too late in life to acquire new knowledge or skills
never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
never you mind
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nevis stretch
Seven years’ penal servitude.
new brooms sweep clean
Those newly appointed to an office are as a rule very zealous and sometimes ruthless in sweeping away old customs.
new college students
Golden scholars, silver bachelors, and leaden masters.
new dawn
A new beginning or fresh start
new dictionary
Of the Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew in its several tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Thieves, Cheats, &c., with an addition of some Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &c., by B. E., GENT., 12mo. N. D. [1710.]
new drop
The scaffold used at Newgate for hanging of criminals; which dropping down, leaves them suspended. By this improvement, the use of that vulgar vehicle, a cart, is entirely left off.
New England
The name given collectively to the north-eastern States of the U.S.A. — Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The name was given by Captain John Smith to what was then part of "North Virginia," granted to the Plymouth Company by James I, in 1606.
new hotness
Something or someone that is currently very popular or trendy
new kid in town
A newcomer or recent arrival in a place or situation
new light
One of the new light; a methodist.
new normal
a new standard or way of life after a significant change
new school
Modern or contemporary ideas and methods
New Style
The reformed or Gregorian Calendar, adopted in England in 1752. See GREGORIAN YEAR.
new territory
An unfamiliar or unexplored area of knowledge or experience
New Theology
An interpretation of Christian teaching based on broader views than that of the older fundamental reading of the Bible. It was first expounded in 1907 by R. J. Campbell, at the time Congregational minister at the City Temple. He later entered the Church of England.
New Thought
A general term for a system of therapeutics based on the theory that the mental and physical problems of life should be met, regulated and controlled by the sug- gestion of right thoughts. This system has nothing in common with Christian Science, auto-suggestion or psycho-therapy.
new wine expands as it matures
If put in a new skin (bottle) the skin expands with it; if in an old skin, when the wine expands the skin bursts.
new wine in an old bottle
A new idea presented in a traditional or familiar way
new wine in an old wineskin
Incompatible ideas or innovations in an outdated system
New World
America: the Eastern Hemi- sphere is called the Old World.
New Year's gifts
The giving of presents at this time was a custom among both the Greeks and the Romans, the latter calling them stretm, whence the French term etrenne (a New Year's gift). Nonius Marcellus says that Tatius, King of the Sabines, was presented with some branches of trees cut from the forest sacred to the goddess Strenia (strength), on New Year's Day, and from this incident the custom arose.
New York
The first settlements here were made on Manhattan Island by the Dutch in 1614. Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians for cloth and trinkets to the total value of about £5. Under the name of New Amster- dam it was held by the Dutch until 1644.
New York State National Guard
Sometimes called the "Empire Division." New York is called the Empire State.
newgate bird
A thief or sharper, frequently caged in Newgate.
Newgate Calendar
The term is often used as a comprehensive expression embracing crime of every sort.
newgate fashion
Two by two. Prisoners used to be conveyed to Newgate coupled together in twos.
newgate fringe
Or FRILL, the collar of beard worn under the chin; so called from its occupying the position of the rope when Jack Ketch operates. Another name for it is a TYBURN COLLAR.
newgate fringe
The hair worn under the chin, or between the chin and the neck. So called because it occupies the position of the rope when men are about to be hanged.
newgate knocker
A lock of hair twisted into a curl, worn by costermongers and persons of similar status. So called because it resembles a knocker, and the wearers were too often inmates of Newgate.
newgate solicitor
A petty fogging and roguish attorney, who attends the gaols to assist villains in evading justice.
newmarket
In tossing, when the game is "two out of three," that is, when he who gains the first two tosses wins. When the first toss is decisive, the game is termed "sudden death."
newspaperman's newspaper
a newspaper that is highly respected for its quality and integrity
newted
Very drunk.
Newtonian Philosophy
The astronomical system that in the late 17th century displaced the Copermcan (see COPERNICANISM), together with the theory of universal gravitation. So called after Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), who established the former and discovered the latter.
next door to it
Within an ace of it (see ACE); very like it; next-door neighbour to it.
next month
the month after the current one
Next of Kin
The legal term for a person's nearest relative, more especially where estate is left by an intestate.
next thing one knows
Suddenly or unexpectedly
next time
on a future occasion
next to nothing
A very little. As "It will cost next to nothing," "He eats next to nothing.
next week
the week after the current one
next year
the year after the current one
nib-cove
A gentleman. NIBSOMEST CRIBS, best or gentlemen’s houses.—Beggar’s Cant.
nibble
To take, or steal. NIBBLER, a petty thief.