21. not likely 不见得;不会
Although you’re probably in complete control of the likelihood or otherwise of something happening if you say not likely, it’s an option for dismissing someone’s suggestion with a bit of sass.
如果你说not likely,你可能对事情的可能性及发生的事有一定把握。如果有人提了无礼请求,可以用这个词拒绝。
22. not for Joe 决不
The phrase not for Joe, meaning ‘not on any account’, dates from the mid-19th century and appears to use Joe as a non-specific person (although the phrase may have originally arisen from the name of the 18th-century comedian Joe Miller, and a popular jest-book published after his death).
短语not for Joe意思为not on any account “决不”,可以追溯到19世纪中叶,当时joe并不代表具体的个人,(尽管这个词可能最早出现是由于18世纪的喜剧演员乔•米勒,一个受欢迎的笑话集在他去世后出版)。
23. thumbs down 拒绝
Turning the thumb down is, of course, a gesture intended to indicate disapproval or rejection –and the term can be used figuratively for the same thing; i.e. a substitute for no –but it’s got a somewhat muddled history. The earliest uses of thumbs down and thumbs up relate to ‘the use of the thumb by the spectators in the ancient amphitheatre’–but in these instances, thumbs up would indicate rejection.
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