not on your nelly

English

Etymology

See under nelly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

not on your nelly

1. (idiomatic, Cockney rhyming slang) not on your life, an emphatic form of no.

Translations

an emphatic negative

• Maori: nō(w)hea hoki
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Synonyms

• not in a million years
• not likely
• not on your life
• no way
• no way Jose
• when pigs fly
• a cold day in Hell