Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[no great shakes] <adj.>, <informal> Mediocre; unimportant. * /Joe Wilson is no great shakes./
[no hard feelings] <n. phr.> A lack of resentment or anger; a state of peace and forgiveness. * /"No hard feelings," he said. "You should feel free to make constructive criticism any time."/
[no kidding] <n. phr.> Without jokes or teasing; honestly spoken. * /"You actually won the lottery?" Dick asked. "No kidding," Joe replied. "I really did."/
[no longer] <adv.> Not any more; not at the present time. * /He could no longer be trusted and they had to let him go./ * /The shore was no longer in sight./
[no love lost] <n. phr.> Bad feeling; ill will. * /Bob and Dick both wanted to be elected captain of the team, and there was no love lost between them./ * /There was no love lost between the sales and the accounting departments./
[no matter] 1. Not anything important. * /I wanted to see him before he left but it's no matter./ 2. It makes no difference; regardless of. * /She was going to be a singer no matter what difficulties she met./ * /He had to get the car fixed no matter how much it cost./ * /No matter what you try to do, it is important to be able to speak well./ * /You can't go in no matter who you are./ * /Mary wanted to get to school on time, no matter if she went without breakfast./
[no matter what] <adv. phr.> Under any circumstances. * /We will go to Europe this summer, no matter what./ * /Charles had decided to go to the football game and he felt he must go no matter what./ Compare: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
[nonce] See: FOR THE TIME BEING also FOR THE NONCE.
[none] See: HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE, HAVE NONE OF.
[none too] <adv.> Not very; not at all. * /The doctor arrived none too soon as Lucy's fever was alarmingly high./
[nonsense] See: STUFF AND NONSENSE.
[nonstarter] <n.> An idea, plan, or project that doesn't work or is obviously no good. * /His plan to start a new private school is a nonstarter because he is unable to organize anything./
[noodle] See: USE ONE'S HEAD or USE ONE'S NOODLE.
[no picnic] <n. phr.> Something arduous; something that requires great effort to accomplish. * /It is no picnic to climb Mount Everest./ Contrast: A PIECE OF CAKE, A CINCH, EASY AS APPLE PIE.
[nor] See: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, NEITHER HIDE NOR HAIR.
[no sale] See: NO DEAL.
[nose] See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE, GO INTO A TAIL SPIN or GO INTO A NOSE DIVE, HARD-NOSED, KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN, KEEP ONE'S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE, LEAD BY THE NOSE, LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE AT, ON THE NOSE, PAY THROUGH THE NOSE, PUT ONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT, SEE BEYOND ONE'S NOSE, SKIN OFF ONE'S NOSE, THUMB ONE'S NOSE, TURN UP ONE'S NOSE AT, UNDER ONE'S NOSE.
[nose about] or [nose around] <v. phr.>, <informal> To look for something kept private or secret; poke about; explore; inquire; pry. * /In Grandmother's attic, Sally spent a while nosing about in the old family pictures./ * /The detective was nosing around in the crowd looking for pickpockets./
[nose down] <v.>, <of an aircraft> To head down; bring down the nose of. * /The big airliner began to nose down for a landing./ * /The pilot nosed the plane down toward the runway./
[nose in(1)] or [nose into(1)] <informal> Prying or pestering interest in; unwelcome interest in; impolite curiosity. * /He always had his nose in other people's business./ Contrast: NOSE OUT OF.
[nose in(2)] or [nose into(2)] <v.> To move in close; move slowly in with the front first. * /The ship nosed into the pier./ * /The car nosed into the curb./
[nose in a book] <n. phr.> Busy interest in reading.
– Used with a possessive. * /Mother can't get Mary to help do the housework; she always has her nose in a book./
[nose is out of joint] See: PUT ONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT.
[nose out] <v.>, <informal> 1. To learn by effort (something private or secret); uncover. * /The principal nosed out the truth about the stolen examination./ 2. To defeat by a nose length; come in a little ahead of in a race or contest. * /The horse we liked nosed out the second horse in a very close finish./ * /The Democratic candidate nosed out his rival for Congress by a few hundred votes./
[nose out of] <informal> Curious attention; bothering.
– Usually used with a possessive and usually used with "keep". * /When Billy asked his sister where she was going she told him to keep his nose out of her business./ Contrast: NOSE IN.
[nose over] <v.> To turn over on the nose so as to land upside down. * /The airplane made a faulty landing approach and nosed over./
[nose up] <v.> To head up; incline the forward end upwards; move up. * /The airplane nosed up through the cloud bank./ * /The pilot nosed the plane up from the field./
[no-show] <n.>, <informal> A person who makes a reservation, e.g., at a hotel or at an airline, and then neither claims nor cancels it. * /The airlines were messed up because of a great number of no-show passengers. /
[no sooner --- than] As soon as; at once when; immediately when. * /No sooner did he signal to turn than the other car turned in front of him./ * /No sooner were the picnic baskets unpacked than it began to rain./
[no spring chicken] <n. phr.> A person who is no longer young. * /Even though she is no spring chicken anymore, men still turn their heads to look at her./
[no sweat(1)] <adj.>, <slang>, <informal> Easily accomplished, uncomplicated. * /That job was no sweat./