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not
An interjection negating the statement one has just made and thus rendering it sarcastic. Oh, yeah, I love getting a ton of homework on my birthday weekend. Not!
not (oneself)
Not feeling as one normally should, either physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. I'm sorry for getting upset at you earlier, I'm just not myself today. I know Mary hasn't been herself ever since she lost her job.
See also: not
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Not!
interj. Not really so! (A tag phrase added to the end of a statement, changing it from affirmative to negative. There is usually a pause before Not!, which is said on a level pitch somewhat higher than the sentence that comes before.) Of course I’m going to pay $100 a ticket to see a rock concert. Not!
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not
half/so bad Informal Reasonably good.
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not!
See i don't think so.
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
- (and) not before time!
- (as) often as not
- (but) not in the biblical sense
- (I) don't believe I've had the pleasure
- (I) don't care if I do
- (I) don't mind if I do
- (I) hope not
- (I) won't tell a soul
- (I) wouldn't count on it/(something)
- (I'm) (a)fraid not
- (I'm) not going to lie
- (I'm) not gonna lie
- (it) doesn't bother me at all
- (it) doesn't matter
- (it) don't bother me none
- (it's) not half bad
- (not) a dicky bird
- (not) care a fig
- (not) care a hoot
- (not) care a toss
- (not) care two hoots
- (not) give a fig
- (not) give a toss
- (not) give two hoots
- (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
- (not) know jack (about someone or something)
- (not) know jack all (about someone or something)
- (not) know jack shit (about someone or something)
- (not) the be-all and end-all
- (not) the be-all and end-all of (something)
- (not) the be-all, end-all
- (not) the be-all, end-all of (something)
- (one) can't believe (one's) (own) ears
- (one) can't believe (one's) (own) eyes
- (one) can't do right for doing wrong
- (one) can't look beyond the end of (one's) nose
- (one) can't look beyond the tip of (one's) nose
- (one) can't look past the end of (one's) nose
- (one) can't look past the tip of (one's) nose
- (one) can't see past the tip of (one's) nose
- (one) can't sit still (for something)
- (one) can't turn back the clock
- (one) can't turn back time
- (one) can't win
- (one) can't win for losing
- (one) can't win for trying
- (one) didn't just fall off the turnip truck
- (one) does not wash (one's) dirty linen in public
- (one) doesn't have a problem with that
- (one) doesn't know which way is up or down
- (one) doesn't miss a trick
- (one) is not a mind reader
- (one) is not as green as (one) is cabbage-looking
- (one) is not going to bite (someone)
- (one) is not going to eat (someone)
- (one) is not playing with a full deck
- (one) won't bite (someone)
- (one) won't eat (someone)
- (one) won't give up without a fight
- (one) won't hear of (something)
- (one) won't sit still (for something)
- (one) won't take no for an answer
- (one's) bag
- (one's) heart isn't in it
- (one's) jam
- (one's) scene
- (one's) type
- (please) don't get up
- (someone) is not going to thank you for (something)
- (someone) won't thank you for (something)
- (something) does not compute
- (something) doesn't ring a bell (with one)
- (something) don't amount to a bucket of spit
- (something) is not going to (do something) itself
- (something) is not your daddy's
- (something) is not your dad's
- (something) is not your father's
- (something) will get (someone) nowhere
- (something) won't get (someone) anywhere
- (there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians
- a fly will not get into a closed mouth
- a fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- a grower, not a shower
- a house is not a home
- a leopard does not change its spots
- a leopard doesn't change its spots
- a lot, not much, etc. in the way of something
- a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
- a man without a smiling face must not open a shop
- a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
- a revolution is not a dinner party
- a show horse, not a workhorse
- a tiger doesn't change its stripes
- a verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on
- a workhorse, not a show horse
- a zebra doesn't change its stripes
- a/the liar is not believed when he tells the truth
- about to
- absolutely not
- Absolutely not!
- Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve
- add up to
- afraid not
- all fun and games
- all is not lost
- all that
- all that glistens is not gold
- all that glisters is not gold
- All that glitters is not gold
- all that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold
- all there
- and it's not even close
- and what not
- and whatnot
- as if that wasn't bad enough
- as if that were not enough
- as like as not
- as likely as not
- as much as (one) could do (not) (to do something)
- ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for (someone or something)
- at all
- bad sort, a
- bat an eyelash
- bat an eyelid
- be (not) (one's) bag
- be (not) (one's) style
- be (not) a patch on
- be (not) all beer and skittles
- be (not) all fun and games
- be (not) all moonlight and roses
- be (not) as black as (someone or something) is painted
- be (not) backward in coming forward
- be (not) comme il faut
- be (not) on speaking terms
- be (not) out of the woods
- be (not) supposed to (do something)
- be (not) the end of the world
- be (not) the marrying kind
- be (not) worth diddly-squat
- be (one's) brother's keeper
- be (one's) department
- be (one's) place (to do something)
- be (one's) time
- be a case of when, not if
- be a killjoy
- be a lemon
- be a matter of when, not if
- be a show horse, not a workhorse
- be a workhorse, not a show horse
- be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
- be at liberty to (do something)
- be big on (something)
- be careful not to (do something)
- be half the person/man/woman (that) (someone) is
- be made of money
- be not (all) black and white
- be not (one's) bag
- be not (one's) cup of tea
- be not (one's) day
- be not (one's) forte
- be not (one's) place (to do something)
- be not (one's) problem
- be not (one's) strong suit
- be not (one's) type
- be not (oneself)
- be not a bed of roses
- be not a case of if, but when
- be not a hill worth dying on
- be not a matter of if, but when
- be not a one-way street
- be not a pretty sight
- be not able to find hide nor hair of (someone or something)
- be not above (doing something)
- be not all it's cracked up to be
- be not all there
- be not all/quite there
- be not anything to hang (one's) hat on
- be not anything to sneeze at
- be not born yesterday
- be not brain surgery
- be not chopped liver
- be not cut out for something
- be not feeling it
- be not feeling up to (something)
- be not feeling well
- be not for (one) to (do something)
- be not for (one) to say
- be not for the faint of heart
- be not for the faint-hearted
- be not fussed (about someone or something)
- be not half bad
- be not having any (of it)
- be not if, but when
- be not in Kansas anymore
- be not in the business of (doing something)
- be not in the cards
- be not in the same class
- be not in the same league
- be not just a pretty face
- be not just another pretty face
- be not long for this world
- be not much between the ears
- be not much cop
- be not much of a (something)
- be not much to look at
- be not on
- be not one to (do something)
- be not playing the game
- be not playing with a full deck
- be not right in the head
- be not rocket science
- be not short of a bob or two
- be not short of a few bob
- be not short of a penny (or two)
- be not so bad
- be not so much (something) as (something else)
- be not so much something as something
- be not the brightest crayon in the box
- be not the done thing
- be not the full quid
- be not the word for it
- be not to know
- be not up to much
- be not up to scratch
- be not up to snuff
- be not up to the mark
- be not well up in (something)
- be not well up on (something)
- be not what it's cracked up to be
- be not whistling Dixie
- be not with (one)
- be not worth a bean
- be not worth a brass farthing
- be not worth a cracker
- be not worth a crumpet
- be not worth a dime
- be not worth a fig
- be not worth a hill of beans
- be not worth a plug nickel
- be not worth a straw
- be not worth a tinker's damn
- be not worth a whoop (and a holler)
- be not worth the paper it's printed on
- be not written in stone
- be not your average Joe
- be nothing (much) to write home about
- be nothing, not much, etc. to write home about
- be on
- be taking calls
- be up to scratch
- be well up on (something)
- be when, not if
- beer and skittles, (life is) not all
- believe it or not
- best pleased
- big boys/girls don't cry
- born yesterday, not (I wasn't)
- born, not made
- break a sweat
- breathe (something) to (someone)
- breathe a word
- bull
- burn not your house to fright the mouse away
- butter won't melt (in one's mouth)
- butter wouldn't melt (in one's mouth)
- by a long shot
- by any stretch of the imagination
- by no means
- cameras don't lie
- cannot find hide nor hair of (someone or something)
- can't (do something) for toffee
- can't be bad
- can't be bothered
- can't be doing with (something)
- can't bear to think about (something)
- can't boil an egg
- can't carry a tune in a bushel basket
- can't carry a tune in a paper sack
- can't cut the mustard
- can't get (one's) head around (something)
- can't hack it
- can't have it both ways
- can't hit the (broad) side of a barn
- can't hold a candle to (someone or something)
- can't hold a light to (someone or something)
- can't last the pace
- can't make a lick of sense (out) of (something)
- can't say boo to a goose
- can't see beyond the end of (one's) nose
- can't see beyond the end of one's nose
- can't see farther than (one's) nose
- can't see farther than the end of (one's) nose
- can't see further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose
- can't see the forest for the trees
- can't see the wood for the trees
- can't stand (someone or something)
- can't stand the pace
- can't stay the pace
- can't stomach (someone)
- can't take (something)
- can't take a trick
- can't wrap (one's) head around (something)
- care not a groat
- careful not to (do something)
- careful not to do
- cast not the first stone
- catch not at the shadow and lose the substance
- caught dead, wouldn't be
- certainly not
- children should be seen and not heard
- come in out of the rain, know enough to
- coming or going, not know if one is
- couldn't agree more
- couldn't be better
- couldn't be elected dogcatcher
- couldn't be happier
- couldn't care less
- couldn't carry a note in a bucket
- couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
- couldn't find (one's) way out of a paper bag
- couldn't get elected dogcatcher
- couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
- couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery
- couldn't organise a chook raffle
- couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm
- couldn't organise a chook raffle in a (country) pub
- couldn't organize an orgy in a brothel
- couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
- couldn't raffle a chook in a pub
- couldn't run a bath
- couldn't stop a pig in a passage
- crime does not pay
- crime doesn't pay
- cup of tea, one's
- cut out to be (something)
- definitely not
- Definitely not!
- denial is not (just) a river in Egypt
- devil is not so black as he is painted
- dictated but not read
- do (something) out of the goodness of (one's) heart
- do (something) out of the kindness of (one's) heart
- do as I say
- do as I say, not as I do
- Do Not Disturb
- do not hang noodles on my ears
- do not pass go
- do not pass Go, do not collect $200
- do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars
- do not try this at home
- do not want
- Do not wash your dirty linen in public
- do nothing/not do anything by halves
- does not jump off the page
- doesn't cut any ice
- doesn't cut any ice with (one)
- doesn't cut the mustard
- dog does not eat dog
- don't "(something)" me
- don't ask
- don't bark if you can't bite
- don't be a stranger
- don't beat a dead horse
- don't beat your brains out
- don't bet on it
- don't blame the messenger
- don't bother me
- don't bring a knife to a gunfight
- don't buy a pig in a poke
- don't change a winning team
- Don't change horses at midstream.
- Don't change horses in midstream.
- Don't change horses in the middle of the river.
- Don't change horses in the middle of the stream.
- Don't change horses midstream.
- don't count your chickens
- don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
- don't crap where you eat
- don't cry before you are hurt
- don't cry stinking fish
- don't cut no ice
- Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
- Don't dig your own grave with your knife and fork.
- don't dilly-dally
- don't dip your pen in (the) company ink
- don't do anything I wouldn't do
- don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
- Don't drop the soap!
- don't eat (the) yellow snow
- don't even go there
- don't even look like (something)
- don't even think about it
- don't feed the troll(s)
- don't fret
- don't get (one) started
- don't get (out) over your skis
- don't get mad, get even
- don't get me started
- don't get me wrong
- don't get your bowels in an uproar
- don't get your knickers in a knot
- don't get your meat where you get your bread
- don't get your panties in a bunch
- don't give (something) a second thought
- don't give (something) another thought
- don't give me any of your lip
- don't give me that
- don't give me that line
- don't give me that story
- don't give up the day job
- don't go borrowing trouble (from tomorrow)
- don't go there
- don't halloo before you are out of the woods
- don't halloo till you are out of the woods
- don't halloo until you are out of the woods
- don't hand me that line
- don't hand me that story
- don't hate the player, hate the game
- don't have a cow
- don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)
- don't have too many irons in the fire
- don't hide your light under a bushel
- don't hold your breath
- don't judge a man until you have walked (a mile) in his shoes
- don't judge a person until you have walked (a mile) in their shoes
- don't judge someone until you have walked (a mile) in their shoes
- don't jump the gun
- don't keep a dog and bark yourself
- don't kill the messenger
- don't knock it
- don't knock it till you try it
- don't knock it till you've tried it
- don't knock yourself out
- don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
- don't leave me hanging
- don't let (someone or something) get you down
- don't let it go any further
- don't let it out of this room
- don't let life pass you by
- Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you!
- don't let the facts get in the way of a good story
- don't let the grass grow under one's feet
- don't let your mouth write a check your ass can't cash
- don't look at me
- don't look back
- don't look now
- don't make me laugh
- don't make me say it again
- don't make me tell you again
- don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you
- don't meet trouble halfway
- don't mention it
- don't mind (someone)
- don't monkey around with me
- don't patronize me
- don't play (around) with me
- don't press your luck
- don't push me
- don't push your luck
- don't put new wine in(to) old bottles
- Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
- don't put the cart before the horse
- don't put words in my mouth
- don't quit the day job
- don't quit trying
- don't quit your day job
- don't rain on (one's) parade
- don't rest on your oars
- Don't ring us, we'll ring you.
- don't rock the boat
- don't say it
- don't see you around here much anymore
- don't see you much around here anymore
- don't sell me a dog
- don't set the cart before the horse
- don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm
- don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm
- don't shit in your own nest
- don't shoot the messenger
- don't sit on the fence
- don't spare the horses
- don't speak ill of the dead
- don't spend it all in one place
- Don't swap horses in midstream.
- don't sweat it
- don't sweat the small stuff
- don't take any wooden nickels
- don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk
- don't tell a soul
- don't tempt fate
- don't tempt the gods
- don't throw stones in a glass house
- don't throw stones in glass houses
- don't throw the baby out with the bath
- don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
- don't touch that dial
- don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
- don't try to teach Grandma how to suck eggs
- don't wash your dirty linen in public