N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[no great shakes] {adj.}, {informal}
Mediocre; unimportant.
Joe Wilson is no great shakes.
[no hard feelings] {n. phr.}
A lack of resentment or anger; a state of peace and forgiveness.
"No hard feelings," he said. "You should feel free to make constructive criticism any time."
[no kidding] {n. phr.}
Without jokes or teasing; honestly spoken.
"You actually won the lottery?" Dick asked. "No kidding," Joe replied. "I really did."
[no longer] {adv.}
Not any more; not at the present time.
He could no longer be trusted and they had to let him go.
The shore was no longer in sight.
[no love lost] {n. phr.}
Bad feeling; ill will.
Bob and Dick both wanted to be elected captain of the team, and there was no love lost between them.
There was no love lost between the sales and the accounting departments.
[no matter]
1. Not anything important.
I wanted to see him before he left but it's no matter.
2. It makes no difference; regardless of.
She was going to be a singer no matter what difficulties she met.
* /He had to get the car fixed no […]
[no matter what] {adv. phr.}
Under any circumstances.
We will go to Europe this summer, no matter what.
Charles had decided to go to the football game and he felt he must go no matter what.
Compare: [COME HELL OR HIGH WATER].
[none too] {adv.}
Not very; not at all.
The doctor arrived none too soon as Lucy's fever was alarmingly high.