have none of it

English

Verb

have none of it (third-person singular simple present has none of it, present participle having none of it, simple past and past participle had none of it)

1. (idiomatic) To be completely unwilling to accept or support something.
   • 2013, Neale Donald Walsch, What God Said: The 25 Core Messages of Conversations with God That Will Change Your Life and th e World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 228:

     I don't watch horror movies, because I'm having none of it. I don't listen to ugly or inciting lyrics in angry music, because I'm having none of it. I don't eat junk food, because I'm having none of it.

   • 2018, Camas Davis, Killing It: An Education, Penguin, →ISBN, page 276:

     When Jo and I sat down with Mike and Jonah to review the new procedures, they rolled their eyes and slammed out of the meeting. They were having none of it.

   • 2020, Michelle Sagara, Chronicles of Elantra Vol 5, Mira Books, →ISBN, page 568:

     Bellusdeo had no intention of going to the High Halls, and there'd been some argument about the designated "neutral" venue, but Teela was having none of it. Mandoran, on the other hand, wanted to go. And Teela was having none of that, either.

   • 2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow: 144 years of Glasgow Central”, in RAIL, number 994, page 34:

     However, the Clyde Navigation Trust was having none of it, citing concerns that a railway bridge would suffocate trade on the busy river.