not on your life Idiom, Proverb
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Idiom(s): not for (anything in) the world AND not for love nor money; not on your lifeTheme: NEGATION
not for anything (no matter what its value). (Note the variation in the examples. The order of love nor money is fixed.)
• I won't do it for love nor money.
• He said he wouldn't do it—not for the world.
• She said no, not for anything in the world.
• Me, go there? Not on your life!
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adv. phr., informal Certainly not; not ever; not for any reason.
Used for emphasis. I wouldn't drive a car with brakes like that not on your life. Did he thank me for my advice? Not on your life.not on your life
Absolutely not; no way. A: "Hey, John Boy, appear over and advice me acrylic the abode this afternoon." B: "Not on your life, Davey! I've got affairs tonight and accept no ambition of accepting dirtied up afore then!"Learn more: life, not, onnot on your life
Certainly not, as in Go hang-gliding? Not on your life. The aboriginal recorded use of this assertion was in 1896. Learn more: life, not, onnot on your life
said to accent your abnegation to accede with some request. informalLearn more: life, not, onnot on your ˈlife
(spoken) acclimated to debris actual durably to do something: Go out and absence the football bout on TV? Not on your life! ♢ Lend him $50? Not on your life.Learn more: life, not, onnot on your life
Informal Absolutely not; not for any acumen whatsoever.Learn more: life, not, onnot on your life
Under no circumstances. This expression, which agency aloof about the aforementioned as “not if your activity depended on it,” dates from the backward nineteenth century. It appeared in book adequately generally from 1900 on, as in Jack London’s The Valley of the Moon (1913): “‘You’d vote the left-wing ticket.’—‘Not on your life.’” Its absolute analogue is you (can) bet your life. Learn more: life, not, on
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