N
Idioms beginning with "N"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
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Contents of N:
[no end to] or {informal} [no end of]
So many, or so much of, as to seem almost endless; very many or very much.
There was no end to the letters pouring into the post office.
Bob and Dick became close friends and had no end of fun together.
[no frills] {n. phr.}
A firm or product that offers no extras; a generic product that carries no expensive label.
We went on a no frills trip to Europe with few luxuries.
[no good] {adj. phr.}
Not satisfactory; not adequate; not approved.
"That's no good," I told him when he began to cry.
He was no good at arithmetic.
He tried appealing to the man's pride, but it did no good.
[no great shakes] {adj.}, {informal}
Mediocre; unimportant.
Joe Wilson is no great shakes.
[no hard feelings] {n. phr.}
A lack of resentment or anger; a state of peace and forgiveness.
"No hard feelings," he said. "You should feel free to make constructive criticism any time."
[no kidding] {n. phr.}
Without jokes or teasing; honestly spoken.
"You actually won the lottery?" Dick asked. "No kidding," Joe replied. "I really did."
[no longer] {adv.}
Not any more; not at the present time.
He could no longer be trusted and they had to let him go.
The shore was no longer in sight.
[no love lost] {n. phr.}
Bad feeling; ill will.
Bob and Dick both wanted to be elected captain of the team, and there was no love lost between them.
There was no love lost between the sales and the accounting departments.
[no matter]
1. Not anything important.
I wanted to see him before he left but it's no matter.
2. It makes no difference; regardless of.
She was going to be a singer no matter what difficulties she met.
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