N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[nod]
See: [LAND OF NOD].
[nodding acquaintance] {n.}
Less than casual acquaintance.
I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance.
[no deal] or [no dice] or [no go] or [no sale] or [no soap] {slang}
Not agreed to; refused or useless; without success or result; no; certainly not. — Used in the predicate or to refuse something.
* /Billy wanted to let Bob join the team, but I said […]
[no doubt] {adv.}
1. Without doubt; doubtless; surely; certainly.
No doubt Susan was the smartest girl in her class.
2. Probably.
John will no doubt telephone us if he comes to town.
[no end] {adv.}, {informal}
1. Very much; exceedingly.
Jim was no end upset because he couldn't go swimming.
2. Almost without stopping; continually.
The baby cried no end.
[no end to] or {informal} [no end of]
So many, or so much of, as to seem almost endless; very many or very much.
There was no end to the letters pouring into the post office.
Bob and Dick became close friends and had no end of fun together.
[no frills] {n. phr.}
A firm or product that offers no extras; a generic product that carries no expensive label.
We went on a no frills trip to Europe with few luxuries.
[no good] {adj. phr.}
Not satisfactory; not adequate; not approved.
"That's no good," I told him when he began to cry.
He was no good at arithmetic.
He tried appealing to the man's pride, but it did no good.