dammit

as near as dammit

In every practical or functional sense; almost completely. Primarily heard in UK. These shoes look like the ones she saw in the magazine, as near as dammit, so I think she'll love them.
See also: dammit, near

I'm a (something), not a (something else)

Used to emphasize one's status as a certain type of person to the exclusion of some other type. Modeled on the catch phrase of Dr. McCoy in the television series Star Trek, "I'm a doctor, not a (something)." A: "What do you think would be the best way to market our new app?" B: "Hey, don't ask me—I'm a programmer, not a salesperson." A: "Do you think you can repair the car?" B: "Lady, I'm a mechanic, not a miracle worker. This thing is totaled."
See also: not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

as near as dammit (or damn it)

as close to being accurate as makes no difference. informal
See also: dammit, near
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

as ˌnear as ˈdammit

(also as ˌnear as makes no ˈdifference) (British English, spoken) very nearly; so nearly something or so like something that you can consider it the same: The bill for the meal was £100, as near as dammit. Here’s some paint to cover that scratch on the car. It’s not an exact match but it’s as near as makes no difference.
Dammit is a way of writing damn it (an expression showing you are annoyed or impatient)
See also: dammit, near
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • as near as dammit
  • finished
  • (as) good as finished
  • all intents and purposes, for (to)
  • for all intents and purposes
  • to all intents and purposes
  • as good as done
  • good as done
  • good as done, as
  • good as, as
References in periodicals archive
Fellini's return to Rome in films such as Toby Dammit (1968) and Roma (1972), and Pasolini's final engagement with Rome in his novel Petrolio (1972-1975, published posthumously in 1992) appear indeed to converge in the depiction of a disordered cityscape, in which the dichotomy between center and periphery--between an inside and an outside of the postmodern city--is progressively disappearing.
Rome, the dystopian city: entropie aesthetics in Fellini's Toby Dammit and Roma and Pasolini's Petrolio
Drink and breathe dammit, we'll all soon die So live in the now or
The Witch's Cauldron
"God dammit," replies the other pilot, who had opened fire.
Widow's anguish
Fellini's Toby Dammit, a forty minute film made in 1968, is one of three short films adapted from stories by Edgar Allan Poe that were distributed together in Italy as Tre Passi Nel Delirio, in France as Histories Extraordinaires, and in England and the U.S.
Fellini's forgotten masterpiece: Toby Dammit
Of course, it's America, dammit, and our artists, native or Canadian, for the president or against him, are free to say whatever they want about whomever they want.
Neil Young's quixotic crusade: a song can't change the world
Two: Dammit!/This world is so mercurial,/so entertaining/and so kind/that it starts reminding me/of the house of a hanged man!/And I am giggling./I am wandering the streets/with some friend of mine/who figures out the cunning game/and then guess what their legs are like./And I am giggling?//Yet how I feel like talking about the rope!/Ah, how I feel like talking about the rope!?
Ashes of Light
and yelling "slide, dammit, slide." But I recall few moments with
Lament For A Baseball Dad
From Paris to Palookaville, on a non-stop trip, and dammit, we are going to be commercially triumphant--for a change.
Canadian comedy, eh?: Paul Gross's Men with Brooms and Steve Smith's Red Green's Duct Tape forever
Stored in robust colour coded containers, wheeled bins or simple "economy" boxes, kits consist of absorbent pads, "socks" and cushions is differing combinations together with Dammit sealant for damaged and leaking tanks and drums, Dammit mats for emergency drain sealing, goggles and protective gloves.
Darcy Spill Kits feature in new training video
Suzanne Westenhoefer appeared on Ani DiFranco's Vote Dammit Tour
6 degrees of CURVE: the Kevin Bacon version all played out? Try CURVE's instead
Dammit, Huntington, show a little patience with techno-electro-challenged geezers like John Taffin and me.
Taffin's lament
This is important, dammit. I've better things to do with my time than watch 'it'll fit a gap' garbage
Shane on screen: WATCHING PAINT DRY IN MILLISLE
What you have to say--God dammit, What do you have to say?
Letter to an 8th Grader
But, dammit, I couldn't have raised $30 million like Bradley."
Young gun
Despite its assiduous pursuit of all the nineteenth century poetic vices, the work is of interest not only for its patent sincerity, nor for the fact that -- dammit -- it's moving, but also because Parkes clearly saw the cause of the `Terrorist' party as coextensive with that of an independent Australia.
Sir Henry Parkes -- in praise of terror. (From the Archive)