| 词汇 | not on your life |
| 释义 | Idiom not for (anything in) the world and not for love nor money; not on your life Theme: 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! not on your lifeAbsolutely not; no way. A: "Hey, John Boy, come over and help me paint the house this afternoon." B: "Not on your life, Davey! I've got plans tonight and have no intention of getting dirtied up before then!" not on your lifeCertainly not, as in Go hang-gliding? Not on your life. The first recorded use of this interjection was in 1896. not on your lifesaid to emphasize your refusal to comply with some request. informalnot on your ˈlife(spoken) used to refuse very firmly to do something: Go out and miss the football match on TV? Not on your life!Lend him $50? Not on your life.not on your lifeInformal Absolutely not; not for any reason whatsoever. not on your lifeUnder no circumstances. This expression, which means just about the same as “not if your life depended on it,” dates from the late nineteenth century. It appeared in print fairly often from 1900 on, as in Jack London’s The Valley of the Moon (1913): “‘You’d vote the socialist ticket.’—‘Not on your life.’” Its positive counterpart is you (can) bet your life. |
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