not on your nelly
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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.
Alternative forms[edit]
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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