not

not

not (oneself)

Not!

not

not!

• (I'm) (a)fraid not
• (I'm) not going to lie
• (I'm) not gonna lie
• (I) don't believe I've had the pleasure
• (I) don't care if I do
• (I) don't mind if I do
• (I) don't need this
• (I) hope not
• (I) won't tell a soul
• (I) wouldn't count on it
• (and) not before time!
• (as) often as not
• (but) not in the biblical sense
• (it's) not half bad
• (it) doesn't bother me at all
• (it) doesn't matter
• (it) don't bother me none
• (not) a dicky bird
• (not) breathe a word
• (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) the be-all and end-all
• (not) up to scratch
• (one's) bag
• (one's) heart isn't in it
• (one's) jam
• (one's) scene
• (one) can't believe (one's) ears
• (one) can't do right for doing wrong
• (one) can't win
• (one) can't win for losing
• (one) can't win for trying
• (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) 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)
• (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) is not going to (do something) itself
• (something) will get (someone) nowhere
• (something) won't get (someone) anywhere
• (there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians
• Absolutely not!
• Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve
• All that glitters is not gold
• Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
• Chinaman's chance, he hasn't a/not a
• Definitely not!
• Do Not Disturb
• Do not wash your dirty linen in public
• Dog does not eat dog
• 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 let the door hit you where the good Lord split you!
• Don't ring us, we'll ring you.
• Dress for the slide, not the ride.
• Eat to live, not live to eat
• Fret not!
• Half the world knows not how the other half lives
• I am not my brother's keeper
• I believe you, (but) thousands wouldn't
• I didn't (quite) catch that
• I didn't (quite) catch that (last) remark
• I didn't catch your name
• I didn't get that
• I don't boil my cabbage twice
• I don't buy green bananas
• I don't care
• I don't chew my cabbage twice
• I don't follow (you)
• I don't have time to breathe
• I don't have time to catch my breath
• I don't know
• I don't need this
• I don't rightly know
• I don't think so
• I don't understand (it)
• I don't want to alarm you, but
• I don't want to upset you, but
• I don't want to wear out my welcome
• I don't wonder
• I expect not
• I guess not
• I kid you not
• I should hope not
• I should hope so
• I should hope so/not
• I should think not
• I should think so
• I should think so/not
• I suppose not
• I suspect not
• I think not
• I would hope not
• I wouldn't kick (someone) out of bed
• I wouldn't kick (someone) out of bed for eating crackers
• I wouldn't kick (someone) out of bed for farting
• I wouldn't put it past (someone)
• I wouldn't throw (someone) out of bed
• I wouldn't throw (someone) out of bed for eating crackers
• I wouldn't throw (someone) out of bed for farting
• I wouldn't trust (someone) as far as I could throw (them)
• I wouldn't wish (something) on (someone)
• I wouldn't wish (something) on a dog
• I wouldn't wish (something) on my worst enemy
• I'll thank you to (do something)
• I'm a (something), not a (something else)
• I'm not as green as I am cabbage-looking
• I'm not being funny, but...
• I'm not bothered
• I'm not finished with you
• I'm not kidding
• I'm not mad at it
• I'm not made of money
• I'm not surprised
• If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him
• If don't that beat all!
• If it's not one thing, it's another!
• If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the ...
• It is not work that kills, but worry
• It's not over till it's over
• It's not the heat, it's the humidity
• It's your funeral
• It’s not my dog
• I’m not kidding
• Judge not, lest ye be judged
• Let's not go through all that again
• Man does not live by bread alone
• Money does not grow on trees
• NSFW
• Not a chance!
• Not again!
• Not always
• Not anymore
• Not bad
• Not for my money
• Not if I see you sooner, and Not if I see you first
• Not in a thousand years! and Never in a thousand years!
• Not in my backyard!
• Not in my book
• Not much
• Not on your nelly
• One swallow does not make a summer
• Poverty is not a crime
• Rome was not built in a day
• Rome wasn't built in a day
• The game is not worth the candle.
• There's none so blind as those who will not see
• There's none so deaf as those who will not hear
• Too many chiefs and not enough Indians
• Two wrongs do not make a right
• Why not?
• a fly will not get into a closed mouth
• 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 verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on
• a/the liar is not believed when he tells the truth
• about to
• absolutely not
• add up to
• afraid not
• all is not lost
• all that
• all that glistens 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 were not enough
• as like as not
• as likely as not
• as much as (one) could do (not) (to do something)
• as often as not
• 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) brother's keeper
• be (not) (one's) department
• be (not) (one's) style
• be (not) (one's) type
• be (not) a patch on
• be (not) a pretty sight
• 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) big on (something)
• 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) well up on (something)
• be (one's) place (to do something)
• be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
• be careful not to (do something)
• be made of money
• be not (one's) bag
• be not (one's) cup of tea
• be not (one's) day
• be not (one's) problem
• be not (oneself)
• be not a bed of roses
• 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 cut out for something
• 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 in Kansas anymore
• be not in the business of (doing something)
• 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 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 penny (or two)
• be not so much (something) as (something else)
• be not so much something as something
• 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 what it's cracked up to be
• be not whistling Dixie
• be not worth a brass farthing
• 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 the paper it's printed on
• be nothing (much) to write home about
• be nothing, not much, etc. to write home about
• be on
• be taking calls
• 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
• breathe (something) to (someone)
• breathe a word
• 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
• can't (do something) for toffee
• can't be bad
• can't be bothered
• can't be doing with (something)
• can't carry a tune in a bushel basket
• can't carry a tune in a paper sack
• can't hack it
• can't have it both ways
• can't hold a candle to (someone or 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 stomach (someone)
• can't/couldn't tell shit from Shinola
• 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 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
• crime does not pay
• crime doesn't pay
• cup of tea, one's
• cut out to be (something)
• definitely not
• denial is not (just) a river in Egypt
• devil is not so black as he is painted
• dictated but not read
• do as I say
• do as I say, not as I do
• do not hang noodles on my ears
• do not pass Go, do not collect $200
• do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars
• do not pass go
• do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
• do not try this at home
• do not want
• do nothing/not do anything by halves
• does not wash
• doesn't/wouldn't know (one's) arse from (one's) elbow
• dog does not eat dog
• don't "(something)" me
• don't amount to a bucket of spit
• don't ask
• don't bark if you can't bite
• don't be a stranger
• don't beat a dead horse
• don't bet on it
• don't bother me
• don't bring a knife to a gunfight
• don't buy a pig in a poke
• don't count your chickens
• 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 dip your pen in (the) company ink
• don't do anything I wouldn't do
• 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 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 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 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 have a cow
• don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)
• 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 jump the gun
• don't kill the messenger
• don't knock it
• don't knock it till you try it
• don't knock it till you've try it
• don't knock yourself out
• don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
• 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 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 push me
• don't put new wine in(to) old bottles
• don't put the cart before the horse
• 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 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 shit where you eat
• don't shoot the messenger
• don't spare the horses
• don't speak ill of the dead
• don't spend it all in one place
• 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 throw the baby out with the bathwater
• don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
• don't wash your dirty linen in public
• don't waste your time
• don't whistle before you are out of the woods
• don't whistle till you are out of the woods
• don't whistle until you are out of the woods
• don't worry (about a thing)
• don't worry your (pretty little) head about it
• down the road, not across the street
• dwell on
• eat to live, not live to eat
• end of the world, it's not/wouldn't be the
• even a fish wouldn't get caught if he kept his mouth shut
• every slip is not a fall
• exchange no more than
• feel like oneself
• few bricks short of a load
• fig, not care/give/worth a
• find (one) not guilty
• find guilty
• find it in one's heart, (not) to
• first rule of (something): do not talk about (something)
• footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down
• for all the world
• fret not
• game is not worth the candle, the
• gardens are not made by sitting in the shade
• get (one) nowhere
• get no change out of someone
• get nowhere
• get somebody nowhere/not get somebody anywhere
• give (someone) the time of day, not to/won't
• gone but not forgotten
• half of it
• half the world knows not how the other half lives
• hang noodles on my ears
• hard work is not easy
• have a dog in the fight
• have a dog in this fight
• have a dog in this hunt
• have never looked back
• have no heart for
• have not heard the half of it
• have nothing on
• have nothing to do with
• have to do with
• haven't
• haven't seen hide nor hair of (someone or something)
• haven't seen you in a long time
• haven't seen you in a month of Sundays
• he that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay
• he, it, etc. is not as black as he, it, etc. is painted
• hear of (someone or something)
• heart in it, have one's
• heart not in it
• hill of beans, doesn't amount to a/not worth a
• hold a candle to, cannot/not fit to
• hold a candle to, not
• hold one's breath
• hold out hope
• hope not
• if (one) can help it
• if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him
• if Mohammed will not go to the mountain
• if it ain't broke don't fix it
• if it isn't broke, don't fix it
• if it isn't broken, don't fix it
• if it were not for hope, the heart would break
• if it's not one thing, it's another!
• if not
• if not for (someone or something)
• if not now, when?
• if that's not (something), (then) I don't know what is
• if the mountain will not come to Mohammed
• if the mountain will not come to Mohammed...
• if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mounta
• if there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask
• if you can't walk the walk, don't talk the talk
• if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one
• if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all
• if you don't like it, lump it
• if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
• if you don't mind me asking
• if you don't mind my asking
• if you don't see what you want, just ask (for it)
• if you don't see what you want, please ask (for it)
• if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it
• if you're not Dutch, you're not much
• in any way, shape, or form, not
• in the least
• in the not too distant future
• in the not-so-distant future
• in the not-too-distant future
• in the same breath
• in the same league
• in the unlikely event
• in the way of (someone or something)
• in tune
• it ain't over till/until it's over
• it ain't over till/until the fat lady sings
• it ain't/it's not over till the fat lady sings
• it isn't as though
• it isn't over till/until the fat lady sings
• it's just not cricket
• it's not cricket
• it's not on
• it's not over till/until the fat lady sings
• it's not rocket science
• it's not saying much
• it's not the meat, it's the motion
• it's not what you know but who you know
• it's/that's not my problem
• it's/that's not saying much, etc.
• it/that won't do
• know (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not to
• know when one is not wanted
• last but not least
• lay it on the line
• leg to stand on, doesn't have a/not a/without a
• let (the) perfect be the enemy of (the) good
• let's not and say (that) we did
• liar is not believed when he tells the truth
• lift a finger, he/she doesn't/won't
• lightning doesn't strike twice
• like as not
• like it or not
• likely as not
• living soul
• long shot, (not by) a
• long shot, a
• look (oneself)
• look back
• make (an amount of money) on (something)
• mince words, not to
• miss a trick, doesn't/not to
• money doesn't grow on trees
• moonlight and roses
• more often than not
• move a muscle
• never have a good word to say about (someone of something)
• never in your wildest dreams
• never/not look back
• no hard feelings
• no problem
• no something/nothing/not anything to speak of
• no spring chicken
• none too
• not
• not (all) that good/bad/well/poor/etc.
• not (even) go there
• not (just) whistling Dixie
• not (one's) brother's keeper
• not (one's) cup of tea
• not (one's) day
• not (one's) department
• not (one's) keeper
• not (one's) long suit
• not (one's) place (to do something)
• not (oneself)
• not (quite) right in the head
• not (really) (one's) scene
• not (really) (one's) thing
• not a (whole) lot
• not a Chinaman's chance
• not a bad sort
• not a bean
• not a bit
• not a bit of it
• not a bit of it!
• not a blind bit of (something)
• not a blind bit of notice, difference, etc.
• not a bone in your body
• not a brass farthing
• not a cat in hell's chance
• not a chance
• not a dicky bird
• not a dog's chance
• not a dry eye in the house
• not a ghost of a chance
• not a glimmer
• not a glimmer (of something)
• not a hair out of place
• not a happy bunny
• not a hope
• not a hope in hell
• not a hundred/thousand/million miles away
• not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here
• not a jot
• not a kid anymore
• not a little
• not a living soul
• not a minute too soon
• not a moment to spare
• not a moment too soon
• not a patch on
• not a patch on (someone or something)
• not a patch on someone/something
• not a peep from/out of (someone)
• not a prayer
• not a pretty sight
• not a red cent
• not a sausage
• not a shot in your locker
• not a trace (of something)
• not a whit
• not a word
• not a/one whit
• not able
• not able to call (one's) time (one's) own
• not able to call time own
• not able to get (something) for love or money
• not able to get for love or money
• not able to go on
• not able to help
• not able to help it
• not able to hold it (in)
• not able to make anything out
• not able to make anything out (of something)
• not able to make head nor tail (out) of (something)
• not able to make head or tail (out) of (something)
• not able to make head or tail of
• not able to make heads nor tails (out) of (something)
• not able to make heads or tails (out) of (something)
• not able to see the forest for the trees
• not able to see the wood for the trees
• not able to stomach
• not able to stomach (something)
• not able to wait
• not about to
• not agree with
• not agree with (someone or something)
• not all (someone or something) is cracked up to be
• not all black and white
• not all is cracked up to be
• not all it's cracked up to be
• not all men
• not all roses
• not all that
• not all that good, well, etc.
• not all there
• not all, everything, etc. somebody/something is cracked up to be
• not amount to a hill of beans
• not an earthly
• not an iota
• not any hard feelings
• not anything going on upstairs
• not anything like
• not anything to boast about
• not anything to choose from
• not anything to speak of
• not anything to write home about
• not anything upstairs
• not anywhere near
• not as (something) as all that
• not as bad, tall, etc. as all that
• not as black as (one) is painted
• not as black as you are painted
• not as young as (one) used to be
• not as young as one used to be
• not at all
• not at any price
• not bat an eye
• not bat an eyelash
• not bat an eyelid
• not be a barrel of laughs
• not be a bed of roses
• not be a patch on somebody/something
• not be able to do something for toffee
• not be able to tell one end (of something) from the other
• not be about to do something
• not be above
• not be above doing something
• not be all beer and skittles
• not be all day
• not be all morning
• not be all there
• not be cut out for something
• not be fussed
• not be getting any younger
• not be having any of it
• not be in the business of doing something
• not be in the same league/class/street
• not be long for this world
• not be lost on (someone)
• not be made of money
• not be much of a something
• not be much to look at
• not be somebody's cup of tea
• not be somebody's day
• not be someone's bag
• not be the end of the world
• not be the only pebble on the beach
• not be the word for it
• not be whistling Dixie
• not be your cup of tea
• not bear the sight of (someone or something)
• not beat about/around the bush
• not beat around the bush
• not before time
• not believe (one's) ears
• not believe (one's) eyes
• not believe a word of it
• not believe ears
• not believe eyes
• not believe your eyes/ears
• not bloody likely
• not born yesterday
• not bothered
• not break the bank
• not breathe a word
• not budge an inch
• not budge/give/move an inch
• not built that way
• not buy
• not buy (something)
• not by a long chalk
• not by a long shot
• not by any means
• not by any stretch of the imagination
• not care (a) tuppence
• not care a hang
• not care a hang (about something)
• not care a hoot
• not care a hoot (about something)
• not care a monkey's fart (about something)
• not care two hoots (about something)
• not care two hoots about
• not care two pins (about something)
• not care two straws
• not care two straws (about something)
• not care twopence
• not care/give a damn
• not care/give a hoot
• not care/give tuppence for/about somebody/something
• not care/give/worth a fig, to
• not come amiss
• not come cheap
• not come to harm
• not come/go amiss
• not count your chickens
• not cricket
• not cricket, it's/that's
• not cup of tea
• not cut it
• not cut the mustard
• not darken (one's) door again
• not darken somewhere's door
• not darken the door of (some place)
• not darken the doorstep of (some place)
• not dirty (one's) hands
• not dirty your hands
• not do (someone or oneself) any favors
• not do a hand's turn
• not do a lot for (someone)
• not do a stroke
• not do a stroke (of work)
• not do a stroke of work
• not do anything by halves
• not do anything for (someone)
• not do anything/a lot/much for somebody
• not do much for (someone)
• not do things by halves
• not done
• not dream of something/of doing something
• not dry behind the ears
• not enough room to swing a cat
• not everything (someone or something) is cracked up to be
• not exactly
• not far off
• not far off/out/wrong
• not far out
• not far wrong
• not feel (oneself)
• not feel yourself
• not feeling (oneself)
• not feeling oneself
• not fit to hold a candle to (someone or something)
• not float (one's) boat
• not for (a) lack of trying
• not for (a) want of trying
• not for a instant
• not for a minute
• not for a moment
• not for a second
• not for a/one minute/moment/second/instant
• not for all the tea in China
• not for any account
• not for anything
• not for anything (in the world)
• not for hire
• not for lack/want of trying
• not for love nor/or money
• not for love or money
• not for love or/nor money
• not for nothing
• not for nothing do I, will they, etc....
• not for one instant
• not for one minute
• not for one moment
• not for one second
• not for publication
• not for the life of (one)
• not for the life of me
• not for the life of me, etc.
• not for the world
• not forgetting (someone or something)
• not forgetting...
• not get (one's) hopes up
• not get a look in
• not get a sniff of (something)
• not get a sniff of something
• not get a whiff of (something)
• not get a wink of sleep
• not get a word in edgeways
• not get anywhere
• not get hopes up
• not get/have a look-in
• not getting any younger
• not give
• not give (a) tuppence
• not give (one) the time of day
• not give (someone or something) houseroom
• not give (something) a second thought
• not give (something) another thought
• not give a continental
• not give a damn
• not give a damn about (someone or something)
• not give a fig
• not give a fig about (someone or something)
• not give a hang (about something)
• not give a hoot
• not give a hoot (about something)
• not give a monkey's
• not give a monkey's fart (about something)
• not give a rap about (someone or something)
• not give a rat's arse (about something)
• not give a rat's ass
• not give a rat's ass for/about (something or someone)
• not give a shit
• not give a shit (about something)
• not give a shite (about something)
• not give a stuff
• not give a tinker's curse
• not give a tinker's cuss
• not give a tinker's damn
• not give a tinker's damn about (someone or something)
• not give a toss
• not give an inch
• not give anyone the time of day
• not give house room
• not give it another thought
• not give somebody the time of day
• not give somebody/something houseroom
• not give someone house room
• not give someone the time of day
• not give something houseroom
• not give two pins (about something)
• not give twopence
• not go a bundle on (something)
• not go a bundle on somebody/something
• not go amiss
• not go any further
• not go far
• not go nap on
• not go there
• not going to win any beauty contests
• not grow on trees
• not half
• not half (something)
• not half as (something) (as someone or something)
• not half as good, nice, etc. as somebody/something
• not half bad
• not harm a hair of someone's head
• not harm a hair on (one's) head
• not harm/touch a hair of somebody's head
• not have (any of) it
• not have (one's) heart in (something)
• not have a (kind of) bone in (one's) body
• not have a (snowball's) chance in hell
• not have a (some kind of) bone in (one's) body
• not have a bar of (something)
• not have a bar of something
• not have a bean
• not have a care in the world
• not have a cat in hell's chance
• not have a chance in hell (of doing something)
• not have a clue
• not have a ghost of a chance
• not have a good word to say about (someone of something)
• not have a good word to say for (someone of something)
• not have a hope in hell
• not have a hope in hell (of doing something)
• not have a leg to stand on
• not have a look in
• not have a lot on
• not have a minute to call (one's) own
• not have a penny
• not have a penny to (one's) name
• not have a penny to bless (oneself) with
• not have a penny to bless yourself with
• not have a penny to your name
• not have a pot to piss in
• not have a prayer
• not have a red cent
• not have a shot in (one's) locker
• not have a snowball's chance in hell
• not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell
• not have a stitch of clothes
• not have a stitch of clothes (one)
• not have a stitch of clothing (one)
• not have a stitch on
• not have a...bone in your body
• not have a/the ghost of a chance
• not have all (one's) buttons
• not have all (one's) marbles
• not have all day
• not have all marbles
• not have an earthly chance
• not have any of (something)
• not have anything on
• not have anything on (someone or something)
• not have it
• not have much between the ears
• not have one's heart in it
• not have the face
• not have the face (to do something)
• not have the faintest
• not have the faintest (notion)
• not have the faintest idea
• not have the faintest/foggiest
• not have the first idea
• not have the foggiest
• not have the foggiest (notion)
• not have the foggiest idea
• not have the ghost of a chance
• not have the heart
• not have the heart to
• not have the heart to do
• not have the slightest idea
• not have the stomach for (something)
• not have the stomach for something
• not have two (something) to rub together
• not have two brain cells to rub together
• not have two brain cells, pennies, etc. to rub together
• not have two nickels to rub together
• not have two pennies to rub together
• not have two to rub together
• not having any
• not hear a dicky bird
• not hear of (something)
• not hear of something
• not hold (one's) breath
• not hold (one's) liquor
• not hold a candle to (someone or something)
• not hold a stick to
• not hold a stick to (someone or something)
• not hold still for (something)
• not hold water
• not hold with
• not hold with (something)
• not hurt a flea
• not hurt a fly
• not if I can help it
• not if I see you first
• not if I see you sooner
• not if one can help it
• not if you paid me
• not in (one's) wildest dreams
• not in a million years
• not in a month of Sundays
• not in a thousand years
• not in a/any hurry
• not in a/any rush
• not in my back yard
• not in the least
• not in the same league as (someone or something)
• not in the same league with
• not in the same league with (someone or something)
• not in the same street
• not in the same street (as someone or something)
• not in the slightest
• not inconsiderable
• not insignificant
• not judge a book by its cover
• not just a pretty face
• not just whistling Dixie
• not just yet
• not know (any) better
• not know (one is) born
• not know (one's) ass from a hole in the ground
• not know (one's) own strength
• not know (one) from Adam
• not know (someone) from a bar of soap
• not know A from a windmill
• not know B from a battledore
• not know any better
• not know beans
• not know beans (about something)
• not know beans about
• not know beans about something
• not know enough to come in out of the rain
• not know from Adam
• not know from nothing
• not know if (one) is afoot or on horseback
• not know if (one) is coming or going
• not know if you are coming or going
• not know one end (of something) from another
• not know one’s ass from a hole in the ground
• not know own strength
• not know shit (about something)
• not know shit about something
• not know shit from Shinola
• not know somebody from Adam
• not know someone from Adam
• not know the first thing about
• not know the first thing about (someone or something)
• not know the first thing about somebody/something
• not know the half of it
• not know the meaning of the word
• not know the time of day
• not know what (one is) missing
• not know what hit (one)
• not know what hit you
• not know what to do with (oneself)
• not know what to do with yourself
• not know what to make of
• not know what to make of (someone or something)
• not know what you're missing
• not know where to look
• not know where to put (oneself)
• not know where to put yourself
• not know where to turn
• not know whether (one) is coming or going
• not know whether one is coming or going
• not know whether one is coming or going and not know if one is ...
• not know whether to laugh or (to) cry
• not know whether to laugh or cry
• not know whether you are coming or going
• not know whether you're coming or going
• not know which end is up
• not know which way to look
• not know which way to turn
• not know which way/where to look
• not know which way/where to turn
• not know you are born
• not know you're born
• not know your arse from your elbow
• not know/not be able to tell one end of something from the other
• not lay a finger on (someone or something)
• not lay a finger on someone
• not least
• not leave (one's) side
• not leave somebody's side
• not let (someone) catch (one) (doing something)
• not let catch doing
• not let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet
• not let the grass grow under (one's) feet
• not let the grass grow under feet
• not let the grass grow under your feet
• not lift a finger
• not lift a hand
• not likely
• not likely!
• not long for
• not long for this world
• not lose (any) sleep (over someone or something)
• not lose any sleep over somebody/something
• not lose any sleep over something
• not made of money
• not matter tuppence
• not matter twopence
• not mean (one) any harm
• not mean any offense
• not mean diddly
• not mince (one's) words
• not mince matters
• not mince words
• not mince your words
• not miss (something) for the world
• not miss a beat
• not miss a trick
• not miss for the world
• not miss much
• not move a muscle
• not move an inch
• not much chop
• not much cop
• not much for looks
• not much going on upstairs
• not much in it
• not much to boast about
• not much to choose from
• not much to look at
• not much to speak of
• not much upstairs
• not my dog
• not nearly
• not necessarily
• not on
• not on any account
• not on my watch
• not on your life
• not on your tintype
• not one bit
• not one iota
• not one little bit
• not one red cent
• not one whit
• not one's cup of tea
• not one's day, this is
• not one/a jot
• not oneself
• not only (something), but (also) (something else)
• not only... but...
• not open (one's) mouth
• not open mouth
• not open one's mouth
• not out of the wood
• not out of the woods
• not pass (one's) lips
• not pass your lips
• not pay (one) any mind
• not pay someone any mind
• not place
• not play that game
• not playing with a full deck
• not pull (one's) punches
• not pull any punches
• not pull your punches
• not put (one's) finger on (something)
• not put (something) past (one)
• not put a foot wrong
• not put it past
• not put it past (someone)
• not put it past someone
• not put something past someone
• not put stock in (something)
• not put your finger on something
• not quite
• not quite the thing
• not rest on (one's) laurels
• not rest on your laurels
• not right in the head
• not right now
• not right now, thanks
• not rocket science
• not safe for work
• not say a dicky bird
• not say boo (to anyone)
• not say boo to a fly
• not say boo to a goose
• not say/hear a dicky bird
• not see (one) for dust
• not see any objection
• not see beyond your nose
• not see beyond/past the end of your nose
• not see eye to eye
• not see hide nor hair of somebody/something
• not see somebody for dust
• not see someone for dust
• not see straight
• not see the wood for the trees
• not set foot in (some place)
• not set foot somewhere
• not set the Thames on fire
• not set the woods on fire
• not set the world on fire
• not shed a tear
• not show (one's) face
• not show face
• not sit comfortably (with one)
• not sit easily (with one)
• not sit well (with one)
• not skip a beat
• not sleep a wink
• not so bad
• not so dusty
• not so fast
• not so hot
• not so hot at (something)
• not so much
• not so much as (do something)
• not so/too hot
• not someone's day
• not someone's keeper
• not something to write home about
• not stand an earthly
• not stand an earthly chance
• not stand for (something)
• not stand in (someone's or something's) way
• not stand in somebody's way
• not stand on ceremony
• not stand still for (something)
• not stand the sight of (someone or something)
• not suffer fools (gladly)
• not suffer fools gladly
• not supposed to
• not take (one's) eyes off (someone or something)
• not take (something) lightly
• not take (something) lying down
• not take (something) sitting down
• not take all day
• not take all morning
• not take kindly to (something)
• not take kindly to somebody/something
• not take no for an answer
• not take something lying down
• not take stock in (something)
• not take your eyes off somebody/something
• not tell a soul
• not that
• not the be-all and end-all
• not the end of the world
• not the full quid
• not the full shilling
• not the half of
• not the half of it/(something)
• not the only fish in the sea
• not the only pebble on the beach
• not the sharpest knife in the drawer
• not the sharpest tool in the shed
• not the word for it
• not think much of
• not think much of (someone or something)
• not think of (doing something)
• not think of (something)
• not think of something/of doing something
• not think twice about (something)
• not to be sneezed at
• not to be sneezed/sniffed at
• not to be sniffed at
• not to mention
• not to mention something
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not to say
• not to speak of
• not to touch a drop
• not to worry
• not too bad
• not too hot
• not too shabby
• not touch (someone or something) with a barge pole
• not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
• not touch a drop
• not touch a hair on (one's) head
• not touch somebody/something with a bargepole
• not touch with a ten-foot pole
• not trouble (one's) head about (someone or something)
• not trouble head about
• not trust (one) an inch
• not trust (someone) as far as (one) can throw (them)
• not trust (someone) farther than (one) can throw (them)
• not trust somebody an inch
• not trust someone as far as one can throw him/her
• not trust someone as far as you can throw them
• not trust someone as far as you could throw them
• not turn a hair
• not under any circumstance(s)
• not until the cows come home
• not up to much
• not up to par
• not up to scratch
• not up to scratch and not up to snuff
• not up to snuff
• not up to the mark
• not utter a word
• not want to know
• not wash
• not with a bang but a whimper
• not with a bang but with a whimper
• not with it
• not worth a (tinker's) damn
• not worth a brass farthing
• not worth a continental
• not worth a damn
• not worth a dime
• not worth a fig
• not worth a hill of beans
• not worth a hill of beans and not amount to a hill of beans; not ...
• not worth a plug nickel
• not worth a plugged nickel
• not worth a red cent
• not worth a straw
• not worth a tinker's curse
• not worth a tinker's damn
• not worth a whistle
• not worth beans
• not worth mentioning
• not worth the candle
• not worth the paper it is written on
• not worth the paper it's printed on
• not worth the paper it's printed/written on
• not worth the paper it's written on
• not worth the trouble
• not worth while
• not worth writing home about
• not your brother's keeper
• not your cup of tea
• not your dad's
• not your daddy's
• not your department
• not your father's
• not your long suit
• not your scene
• not!
• not-invented-here syndrome
• not/never darken somebody's door again
• not/never have a good word to say for/about somebody/something
• not/never in a hundred, etc. years
• not/never put/set a foot wrong
• not/never set the world on fire
• nothing if not
• nothing if not (something)
• nothing if not something
• nothing to speak of
• nothing to write home about
• nowhere/not anywhere near
• of course not
• of sound mind
• often as not
• on no account
• one half of the world does not know how the other half lives
• one swallow does not a spring make
• one swallow does not a summer make
• one swallow does not make a spring
• ours not to reason why
• out of line
• plead not guilty (to something)
• pot to pee/piss in, not have a
• poverty is not a sin
• prayer, not a
• pretty face, more than a/not just a
• prophet is not without honor save in his own country
• push it
• pushed
• put (one's) finger on (something)
• put (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
• put a name to (someone or something)
• put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
• put too fine a point on it
• red cent, not worth/don't have a
• reveal (one's) (true) colors
• reveal (one's) (true) stripes
• reveal (one's) cards
• reveal (one's) hand
• rule in
• see no objection
• see the point (of something)
• see the point in (doing) (something)
• seen better
• seen worse
• set the Thames alight
• set the Thames on fire
• set the heather alight
• set the heather on fire
• set the woods on fire
• set the world alight
• set the world on fire
• show (one's) (true) colors
• show (one's) (true) colours
• show (one's) (true) stripes
• show (one's) butt
• show (one's) cards
• show (one's) hand
• sit right (with one)
• sleep a wink, not
• snowball's chance in hell, no more than/not a
• sold on (something)
• some people just don't know when to give up
• some people just don't know when to quit
• some people just don't know when to stop
• spare no effort to (do something)
• stand a chance
• stick (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
• stick one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
• stretch your arm no further than your sleeve (will reach)
• success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone
• suffer fools gladly, does not
• supposed to
• swords into ploughshares
• take (someone or something) for granted
• take a blind bit of notice
• take for granted
• take in
• take no for an answer, not
• take no prisoners
• take no stock in
• take note of (something)
• tend to
• tend toward (something)
• that'll teach (one) ((not) to do something)
• that's not saying much
• that's not what I heard
• the apple does not fall far from the tree
• the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet
• the cowl does not make the monk
• the devil is not so black as he is painted
• the game is not worth the candle
• the have-nots
• the haves and the have-nots
• the in thing to do
• the map is not the territory
• the not-so-distant future
• the not-so-distant past
• the not-too-distant future
• the not-too-distant past
• theirs not to reason why
• there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians
• there wasn't a dry eye in the house
• there's none so deaf as those that will not hear
• there's not much to choose between (two people or things)
• there's nothing to choose between (two people or things)
• there's nothing, not much, etc. to choose between A and B
• think twice
• till hell freezes over
• too long; didn't read
• trust someone as far as one could throw him, not to/I wouldn't
• turn a hair, not
• turning a hair, not/without
• two wrongs don't make a right
• under no circumstances
• up to
• waste not, want not
• wet behind the ears
• wet behind the ears, (still)
• what's not to like?
• whether or not
• why not
• will not hear of
• will not wash
• with not a stitch of clothes (on)
• with not a stitch of clothing (on)
• with not a stitch on
• without a leg to stand on
• without a stitch on
• without batting an eye
• without missing a beat
• work smarter, not harder
• would not be seen dead
• would not give someone the time of day
• would not touch someone or something with a bargepole
• wouldn't be caught dead (doing something)
• wouldn't be caught dead at (something)
• wouldn't be caught dead in (something)
• wouldn't be caught dead with
• wouldn't be seen dead (doing something)
• wouldn't be seen dead at (something)
• wouldn't be seen dead in (something)
• wouldn't be seen dead with
• wouldn't do (something) for all the tea in China
• wouldn't dream of
• wouldn't dream of (doing something)
• your/somebody's heart is not in it