not on your life

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Adverb

not on your life

1. (idiomatic) Absolutely not; under no circumstances.

   Synonyms: no chance, not a chance, by no means, no fear, nothing doing, no way, chance'd be a fine thing, not on your nelly

   Do you think I will ever go back after that? Not on your life!

Translations

an emphatic negative

• Dutch: nooit van mijn leven
• Finnish: ei missään nimessä, ei tule kuuloonkaan
• French: jamais de la vie (fr)
• Maori: nō(w)hea hoki
• Polish: nigdy w życiu

See also

• not touch something with a ten foot pole
• over my dead body