- not on your life or nelly
- Certainly not
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
not on your life or nelly
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not on your nelly — Brit. certainly not. [orig. as not on your Nelly Duff, rhyming sl. for puff (i.e. breath of life); modelled on the phr. not on your life.] → nelly … English new terms dictionary
not on your nelly — phrasal Britain : certainly not * * * Brit. certainly not Origin: originally as not on your Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for ‘puff’ (i.e., breath of life); modeled on the phrase not on your life … Useful english dictionary
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
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 Nelly — • an old saying meaning not on you life or no way ! . It derives from the Rhyming Slang Nelly Duff an invented name meaning puff or breath (of life) … Londonisms dictionary
nelly — noun (plural nellies) informal 1》 a silly person. 2》 derogatory an effeminate homosexual man. Phrases not on your nelly Brit. certainly not. [orig. as not on your Nelly Duff, rhyming sl. for puff (i.e. breath of life); modelled on the phr. not on … English new terms dictionary
nelly — n. (pl. ies) a silly or effeminate person. Phrases and idioms: not on your nelly Brit. sl. certainly not. Etymology: perh. f. the name Nelly: idiom f. rhyming sl. Nelly Duff = puff = breath: cf. not on your life … Useful english dictionary
nelly — I. /ˈnɛli/ (say nelee) noun Colloquial cheap wine, especially red wine. {from Nelly, diminutive of the female given name Helen} II. /ˈnɛli/ (say nelee) phrase not on your nelly, Colloquial (an emphatically negative exclamation or response.)… …
Nelly discography — Nelly discography Releases ↙Studio albums 6 ↙Compilatio … Wikipedia
Not a Moment Too Soon (song) — Not a Moment Too Soon Single by Tim McGraw from the album Not a Moment Too Soon … Wikipedia
