Certainly not, as in Can I borrow your down coat?--Nothing doing. This colloquial interjection was first recorded in 1910. Also see,
no dice.
nothing doing
| Idioms: nothing doing |
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| On Vipassana (1980 Spirituality & Philosophy Film) |
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