not look a day over
appear much younger than one's actual age
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not much of anything
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not my cup of tea
A phrase meaning, it does not suit me, this is not the sort of thing I want.
not necessarily
not always or inevitably
not on your life
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not on your nelly
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not one's first rodeo
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not only
Used to indicate an addition to something
not quite
Almost, but not completely
not room to swing a cat
Swinging cats as a mark for sportsmen was at one time a fav9urite amusement. There were several varieties of this diversion.
not see someone for dust
to leave someone far behind in a competition or activity
not so fast
Wait, do not act so quickly
not the end of the world
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not to brag
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not to mention
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not to put too fine a point on it
To speak plainly or bluntly
not touch with a barge pole
To completely avoid something or someone
not touch with a ten-foot pole
To avoid something or someone completely
not want to do that
prefer not to do something
not win for losing
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not worth a brass farthing
Completely worthless or of no value
not worth a Continental
Having little or no value
not worth a curse
I don't care a curse (or cuss). Here "curse" is the O.E. cresse or cerse, Mod. E. cress., i.e. something quite valueless. Similarly, the Lat. nihil (nihilum) is ne hilum, not (worth) the black eye of a bean. Other phrases are "not a straw," "n9t a pin," "not a rap," "not a bit," "not a jot," "not a pin's point," "not a button.
not worth a dime
Completely worthless or without value
not worth a plug nickel
Completely worthless
not worth a rush
Worthless, not worth a straw. When floors used to be strewn with rushes, distinguished guests were given clean, fresh rushes, but those of inferior grade had either the rushes which had been already used by their superiors, or none at all.
not worth a whistle
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not worth beans
Having little or no value
not worth hell room
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not worth powder and shot
Not worth the trouble; the thing shot won't pay the cost of the ammunition.
not worth salt
Completely useless or worthless
not worth writing home about
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
not your father's
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
notch
The private parts of a woman.
notch on one's bedpost
a person someone has had sex with
note
He changed his note; he told another sort of a story.
notes and queries
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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.