no sale
no sale
I reject the request, offer, or plan in question. A: "Look, just write this essay for me, and I'll do your chores for a whole week!" B: "And risk getting suspended? Yeah, no sale." A: "Can we please go to Disney Land this summer, pretty please?" B: "No sale, kids. We're going to see your grandparents in Maine, and that's final."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
no sale
no. I wanted to go to Florida for the holidays, but my father said, "No sale." No sale. You can't do it.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
no sale
interj. no. I wanted to go to Florida for the holidays, but my father said, “No sale.”
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- no deal
- only do so much
- home and dry
- be home and dry
- incapacitate (someone) for (something)
- get (one's) juices flowing
- go (and) boil your head
- suck it
- only if
- go suck an egg