not on your nelly
Absolutely not; under no circumstancesAbsolutely not; under no circumstances.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, idiomatic)Absolutely not; under no circumstances.
Origin
From nelly, Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for puff (of breath = life).From nelly, Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for puff (of breath = life).
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Synonyms
8 synonymsnot likelynot on your lifeno wayno way Josewhen pigs flya cold day in Hellnot in a million yearsno way José
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.