| 单词 | no soap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno soap f. no soap: an announcement of refusal of a request or offer, failure in an attempt, etc.; ‘nothing doing’. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal > announcement of nothing doing1910 no soap1926 nossir1930 nyet1950 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 11/2 No soap, can't talk business. 1929 E. Wilson I thought of Daisy iii. 153 If he tries to cut in on you, don't letum—I'll just tellum, no soap! 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan vi. 216 Studs said he'd take a dozen or two when Nate brought them around. Nate tried to collect in advance; but Studs was no soap for that. 1939 W. Faulkner Wild Palms 42 I told him. Not that I was to meet you at a hotel. I just said, suppose I did. And he still said no soap. 1948 A. N. Keith Three came Home iii. 72 We would..call across... ‘No-soap!’ or ‘Not to-night!’ 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. xiii. 86 Terry and I tried to find work at the drive-ins. It was no soap anywhere. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon vi. 93 ‘The police tried to trace the handkerchief, I take it?’ ‘They did, but no soap.’ < as lemmas |
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