| 词汇 | not take no for an answer |
| 释义 | Idiom not take no for an answer Theme: PERSISTENCE not to accept someone's refusal. (Informal. A polite way of being insistent.)Now, you must drop over and see us tomorrow. We won't take no for an answer.I had to go. They just wouldn't take no for an answer. Idiom not take no for an answer(not) take no for an answer if someone will not take no for an answer, they continue asking for something although their request has already been refused.I've told her again and again that you're too busy to see her, but she won't take no for an answer. not take no for an answerTo not stop with what one has planned or desires, regardless of others' lack of agreement. Once my brother gets his mind made up, he won't take no for an answer, so don't bother trying to reason with him. It's nice of you to refuse, sweetheart, but this car is a gift from your grandmother and me—we won't take no for an answer! not take no for an answerFig. not to accept someone's refusal. (A polite way of being insistent.) Now, you must drop over and see us tomorrow. We won't take no for an answer. I had to go to their party. They just wouldn't take no for an answer. take no for an answer, notNot accept a refusal, be persistent in demanding something, as in I want you to show me the statements and I won't take no for an answer. This idiom was first recorded in 1930 in Winston Churchill's My Early Life: "Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure." not take no for an answerCOMMON If someone won't take no for an answer, they do not accept that someone has refused what they have asked for. Five reporters who wouldn't take no for an answer entered U.S. quarters without authorization. She told me that she had, of course, refused, but that he wouldn't take no for an answer. not (or never) take no for an answerpersist in spite of refusals.not take ˌno for an ˈanswerrefuse to accept that somebody does not want something, will not do something, etc: You’re coming and I won’t take no for an answer! |
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