not on your Nelly是英式表达,这个表达最早出现在1941年发行的《新政治家》上。Not on your Nelly是not on your life的另一种表达。
17. not on your tintype
Atintypewas a photograph taken as a positive on a thin tin plate but also found its way into this phrase, which dates to at least 1900.
Tintype最初指的锡版照相法,后在大约1900年以前Tintype在短语中也有应用,。
18. not for all the tea in China绝不可能
This phrase, despite drawing on Britain’s national obsession, is actually originally from colloquial Australian English.
英国人很倾向于用这个短语,但这个短语源于澳大利亚口语。
19. not in a million years 绝不可能
People haven’t been using it for quite a million years, but it certainly dates back over a century.
这个短语的使用可以追溯到一个世纪以前,但已经很久没什么人使用了。
20. under no circumstances 决不
For avoidance of doubt, this one pretty much covers all bases. Circumstance was originally a noun of action or condition, in the singular, but is now usually pluralized.
为避免产生歧义,你可以用这个词组来表达坚决的否定。起初词组中的circumstance用的是单数,但现在都是用复数形式了。
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