N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole] {v. phr.}
To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting.
Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole.
* /Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to […]
[not worth a tinker's damn] or not [worth a tinker's dam] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Not worth anything; valueless.
As a bricklayer he was not worth a tinker's damn.
* /I am not familiar with the subject so my opinion would not be worth a tinker's […]
[no two ways about it] {n. phr.}
No other choice; no alternative.
The boss said there were no two ways about it; we would all have to work late to finish the job.
[no use] {n.}
1. No purpose; no object; no gain.
There's no use in crying about your broken bicycle.
Bob said, "Let's try again." Dick answered, "It's no use."
2. Bad opinion; no respect; no liking. — Usually used after "have".
* /He had no […]
[no use crying over spilled milk] or [no use crying over spilt milk]
See: [CRY OVER SPILLED MILK].
[now and then] or [now and again] {adv. phr.}
Not often; not regularly; occasionally; sometimes.
Now and then he goes to a ball game.
The maid broke a dish now and then.
Syn.:
[AT TIMES],
[FROM TIME TO TIME],
[ONCE IN A WHILE].
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