life, not on your

life, not on your
 Certainly not.

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  • not on your life — (informal) On no account, absolutely not • • • Main Entry: ↑life * * * not on your life spoken phrase used for telling someone that you will certainly not do something ‘Are you going to tell him?’ ‘Not on your life.’ Thesaurus: ways of saying no …   Useful english dictionary

  • not on your life — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Certainly not; not ever; not for any reason. Used for emphasis. * /I wouldn t drive a car with brakes like that not on your life./ * /Did he thank me for my advice? Not on your life./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • not on your life — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Certainly not; not ever; not for any reason. Used for emphasis. * /I wouldn t drive a car with brakes like that not on your life./ * /Did he thank me for my advice? Not on your life./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • not on your life — ► not on your life informal emphatically not. Main Entry: ↑life …   English terms dictionary

  • not on your nelly — ► not on your nelly Brit. certainly not. [ORIGIN: originally as not on your Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for «puff» (i.e. breath of life).] Main Entry: ↑nelly …   English terms dictionary

  • Not on Your Life — The executioner Poster Directed by Luis García Berlanga Produced by Naga Films …   Wikipedia

  • not\ on\ your\ life — adv. phr. informal Certainly not; not ever; not for any reason. Used for emphasis. I wouldn t drive a car with brakes like that not on your life. Did he thank me for my advice? Not on your life …   Словарь американских идиом

  • Not for Your Ears — Este artículo está huérfano, pues pocos o ningún artículo enlazan aquí. Por favor, introduce enlaces hacia esta página desde otros artículos relacionados …   Wikipedia Español

  • not on your Nellie! — Exclam. No way! Not on your life! A shortening of the rhyming slang not on your nellie duff, where nellie duff rhymes on puff which refers tolife, hence not on your life. 1940s …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • not on your nelly — adverb not on your life, an emphatic form of no. Syn: not in a million years, not likely, not on your life, no way, no way Jose, when pigs fly, a cold day in Hell …   Wiktionary

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