| 单词 | not to take no for an answer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to take no for an answer c. not to take no for an answer and variants: to refuse to accept denial or a rebuff. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist [phrase] not to take no for an answer1853 1853 T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick's Wise Saws I. v. 119 You first of all force yourself into my cabin, won't take no for an answer, and then complain of oncivility. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist vii He half refuses. I do not take no from him. 1930 W. S. Churchill My Early Life iv. 74 Come on now, all you young men... Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. 1961 Family Jrnl. Dec. 15/3 He would not take ‘No’ for an answer. 1985 Times 14 Nov. 23/1 ‘He won't take No for an answer,’ said one, implying that if he could not get through the front door he would try the lavatory window. < as lemmas |
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