not on your nelly
English edit
Etymology edit
From nelly, Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for puff (of breath = life).
Pronunciation edit
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Adverb edit
- (idiomatic, chiefly UK) not on your life, an emphatic form of no.
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Synonyms edit
- not in a million years
- not likely
- not on your life
- no way
- no way Jose
- when pigs fly
- a cold day in Hell
Translations edit
an emphatic negative
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