(not) by any stretch of the imagination

if you say that by no stretch of the imagination can you describe something or someone in a particular way, you mean that this way of describing them is certainly not correct.

She was never a great player, not by any stretch of the imagination.

He's pleasant looking but by no stretch of the imagination could you describe him as handsome.

• knock spots off
• knock spots off someone
• knock spots off something
• knock the bottom out of
• knock the bottom out of something
• knock the daylights out of
• knock the daylights out of someone
• knock the living daylights out of
• knock the living daylights out of someone
• knock them dead
• knock the stuffing out of
• knock the stuffing out of someone
• knock the tar out of
• knock the tar out of someone
• knock up
• knock wood
• knock yourself out
• knock your socks off
• know-all
• know a thing or two
• know backwards
• know backwards and forwards
• know beans about
• know beans about something
• know best