| 单词 | no dice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno dice P7. Colloquial phrase no dice: (it is or was) useless, hopeless, unsuccessful, profitless, etc.; nothing; ‘nothing doing’ (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > useless [phrase] of no valure1483 no (also not much) bottle1846 not much cop1902 no dice1931 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) 136 He is a guy I consider no dice. 1934 H. Broun in N.Y. World Telegram 15 Sept. 30/1 Naturally I never made the grade, but presently it was no dice even if you do. 1943 P. Cheyney You can always Duck iv. 67 ‘She can come back here and go on driving a car.’ ‘No, sir,’ I tell him. ‘No dice. That dame has started bein' Mrs. Cara Travis an' she's goin' on bein' Mrs. Travis.’ 1952 P. G. Wodehouse Barmy in Wonderland viii. 81 I was around at her bank this morning trying to find out what her balance was, but no dice. Fanny won't part. 1959 ‘H. Howard’ Deadline iv. 47 She was on her way back to report that it was no dice. 1959 M. Pugh Chancer 10 Nothing doing. I'm not going. No dice. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 July 1/4 ‘It's no dice as far as I'm concerned,’ said one picket who made a derisive gesture. < as lemmas |
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