not an iota

not an iota

Not a single, tiny bit; not at all. A: "Are you nervous at all about tonight's fight?" B: "Not an iota. This is what I've been training for." I don't get an iota of gratitude from my children for everything you do to keep them happy and healthy.
See also: iota, not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • iota
  • (I) hope not
  • hope not
  • not a bit of it
  • not a bit of it!
  • not for hire
  • not for a second
  • not for a minute
  • not for a moment
  • aint
References in classic literature
There is not an iota of truth in it--certainly not.
Burning Daylight
She held Modi Sarkar has given not an iota of imprtance to Kashmiris.
India using chemical weapons in Occupied Kashmir: Mashal Malik
"Not an iota of evidence was offered by the defense to show that the kidnapping was pursuant to a legitimate police operation.
5 persons sentenced to 40 years for kidnap, slay of Taiwanese
He claimed that there was not an iota of evidence that could connect him with any delay or negligence in the Nandipur reference.
Decision in Babar Awan acquittal case deferred again
As far as registering protest through words is concerned, not an iota of enthusiasm has got lost with my own heart doing all the talking without mortgaging my mindset to the 'mainstream' by drawing inspiration from John Mason's 'You were born an original.
Old age always 15 winters away!
According to sources, there has been not an iota of change and the same agencies were authorised and given power under the IT Act in 2009.
Centre reiterates nothing new in government 'snooping' order
After more than three years not an iota of solid evidence could be gathered against the much maligned politician.
NAB's examination score
It further added that it would be advantageous to submit here that the constitutional jurisdiction of the court under Article 199 could only be exercised when there was no other adequate remedy further, adding that there was not an iota pertaining to infringement of any fundamental right of the convicts.
NAB challenges suspension of Sharifs' sentences in SC
"I have not an iota of hatred or hard feelings against you.
That's no way to build a country, Rahul tells Modi
Despite India using all its resources and military might during the last over 70 years, the issue is there and not an iota of change seems to have happened on the ground, he said.
Gilani concerned over Pak, India tension
Pasban e Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor said the streets of Karachi are generally wider than the streets of London, but Karachi streets are clogged as the police and administration of the megacity is abjectly corrupt, while there is not an iota of such allegation in case of civilized megacities like London.
Roadside vendors main cause of traffic jams
There is not an iota of doubt that SMB's starting unit of Fajardo, Santos, Lassiter, Cabagnot and Ross is the deadliest ever, the reason the Beermen are the All-Filipino champs the last three years.
Austere Austria makes SMB click
Sri Kantha, the Secretary General of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization, very confidentially said, " wherever the TNA is contesting in the 'House Symbol' of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi, we are the winners and there is not an iota of doubt it."
TNA to Win Hands Down In All Local Government Bodies it Contest in North & East - Sri Kantha
And this certainly is impossible to happen; and did not happen in the 2010, 2013 and 2016 polls wherein not an iota of evidence had been presented to destroy their integrity and credibility,' he added.
No basis to doubt poll results amid Bautista couple's spat-lawyer
As he emerged from the JIT secretariat, Hussain claimed that there was not an iota of evidence of any wrongdoing or illegality committed by him, his father, brother and sister.
Sharif's younger son appears before JIT