| 单词 | not on your life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot on your life c. not on your life: not on any account, by no means. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [adverb] > no > certainly not for nothinglOE not (to do something) for the worlda1375 for foul or fairc1405 not for a moment1785 not on your life1791 not for Joe (Joseph)1844 no siree1845 not much1871 a thousand times, no1896 not on your tintype1900 not for all the tea in China1937 1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance iii. 43 Edm. The Count your brother?—My sister, my family, must be informed. Lydia. Not on your life, Edmund. 1896 W. C. Gore in Inlander Jan. 149 ‘Say, Jack, are you going to bolt?’ ‘Not on your life.’ 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 19 Aug. 2 The congressman was asked if there had been any gambling during the trip. ‘Not on your life,’ he said. 1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft iv. 62 Say that you are lost, properly bushed. You come across a river. Well, that river is not bushed—not on your life it isn't. 1972 ‘H. Carmichael’ Naked to Grave v. 56 ‘Why not get in touch with your lawyer?’ ‘Not on your life!.. It would be a tacit admission of my guilt.’ 1992 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 77 1 Are these just isolated cases of mob hysteria? Not on your life. < as lemmas |
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