doing+nothing
31nothing doing — {adv. phr.}, {informal} I will not do it; certainly not; no indeed; no. * / Will you lend me a dollar? Nothing doing! / * / Let s go for a boat ride! Nothing doing! / Compare: NO DEAL …
32nothing\ doing — adv. phr. informal I will not do it; certainly not; no indeed; no. Will you lend me a dollar? Nothing doing! Let s go for a boat ride! Nothing doing! Compare: no deal …
33nothing*/*/*/ — [ˈnʌθɪŋ] pronoun 1) not anything There was nothing in the room except for a chair.[/ex] She waited, but nothing happened.[/ex] I saw nothing strange in the situation.[/ex] I knew nothing at all about looking after babies.[/ex] If there s nothing… …
34nothing — /ˈnʌθɪŋ / (say nuthing) pronoun 1. no thing; not anything; naught: say nothing. 2. that which is non existent. –noun 3. something or someone of no importance or quality: he is a complete nothing. 4. a trivial matter or remark: to exchange… …
35nothing — n. & adv. n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. by compl.: I see nothing that I want; can find nothing useful). 3 a a person or thing of no importance or concern; a trivial event or remark (was… …
36nothing — noth•ing [[t]ˈnʌθ ɪŋ[/t]] pron. 1) no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing[/ex] 2) no part, share, or trace: The house showed nothing of its former splendor[/ex] 3) something of no importance, significance, or value: Money is nothing to… …
37nothing — pronoun not anything. ↘something of no importance or concern. ↘(in calculations) nought. adjective informal of no value or significance. adverb not at all. ↘[postposition] N. Amer. informal used to contradict something emphatically. Phrases for… …
38nothing much — not/nothing/much spoken phrase used for saying that something is not very important, good, or serious ‘What are you doing tomorrow?’ ‘Nothing much.’ There’s not much to get excited about. Thesaurus: words used for saying that something is… …
39Nothing doing! — int An interjection of rejection. You want me to lend you $5 for the movies? Nothing doing!. 1960s …
40nothing doing — This term means that there is no way you would accept to do what is proposed. Work on Sunday? Nothing doing! …
