arsis /ärˈsis/ (classical prosody and music)

1. Literally, a lift, an up-beat
2. Hence the weak position in a bar or foot
3. Understood by the Romans as the strong position
4. Used in English in both senses, opp to thesis
5. Elevation of the voice to higher pitch obsolete

• not for Joe
• not for Joseph
• not for love or money
• not for nuts
• not for the world
• not fussed
• not fussy
• not give a damn
• not give a fig
• not give a tinker's curse
• not give a tinker's damn
• not give a toss
• not go amiss
• not good enough
• not guilty
• not half
• not half bad
• no thanks to
• not harm a fly
• not have a cat in hell's chance
• not have a clue
• not have a hope in hell
• not have a leg to stand on
• not have the faintest
• not have the foggiest