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sale

See:

NO DEAL or NO SALE,

ON SALE,

WHITE SALE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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white sale

[white sale] {n.} The selling, especially at lower prices, of goods or clothing usually made of white cloth. * /Mother always buys many things at the January white sale to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[on sale] {adj. phr.} Selling for a special low price. * /Tomato soup that is usually sold for sixty cents a can is now on sale for fifty cents./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[no deal] or [no dice] or [no go] or [no sale] or [no soap] {slang} Not agreed to; refused or useless; without success or result; no; certainly not. - Used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

no sale

[no sale] See: [NO DEAL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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