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[no good]{adj. phr.} Not satisfactory; not adequate; not approved. •/"That’s no good," I told him when he began to cry./ •/He was no good at arithmetic./ •/He tried appealing to the man’s pride, but it did no good./

[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./