N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[new man] {n.}
A person who has become very much better.
Diet and exercise made a new man of him.
[new money] {n. phr.}
People who have become rich recently.
Since Bobby's father invented a new computer component, Bobby and his family are new money.
Contrast: [OLD MONEY].
[newfangled] {adj.}
Newly invented or contrived; excessively complex.
Dorothy felt that many newfangled gadgets in Kate's all-electric kitchen weren't really necessary.
[newshawk] {n.}
A newspaper reporter.
There are always a lot of newshawks following the president.
[next door] {adv.} or {adj.}
1. In or to the next house or apartment.
He lived next door to me.
She telephoned next door to ask about John.
The house next door caught fire.
2. Very close. — Used with "to".
* /The sick man was next door […]
[next to] (1) {adv.}
Almost; nearly.
It was next to impossible to believe that in a month the grass would be green and flowers would be blooming.
It was next to unthinkable that the boy would steal.
[next to] (2) {prep.}
Just after; second to.
Next to his family, baseball was his greatest love.
Next to pizza, Bob liked hamburger best.
[next to nothing] {n. phr.}
Very little; almost nothing.
They gave me next to nothing for my old car when I traded it in for a new one.
When he first started to work, Mr. Black earned next to nothing.
[nice Nelly] (1) or [nice Nellie] {n.}, {informal}
Someone who acts too good to be true; a prude; a prig.
We took him for a nice Nelly when he wouldn't fight.