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idiomnot in my backyard(also not in my back yard)(or NIMBY)used in order to say that someone does not want something useful that may be unpleasant or dangerous to be built or developed close to where they live:When the program for drug users was set up, the neighborhood's response was "Not in my back yard".They call us NIMBYs, but we feel that this beautiful landscape is not the place for a railway.
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