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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Mentioned in
- Crow, Trammell (Quotes By)
- On Vipassana (1980 Spirituality & Philosophy Film)
- do, doing (Idiom)
- nothing (Idiom)
- no dice (Idiom)
- Dentel (family name)
- sleep
- PhD mode (technology)
- System Idle Process (technology)
- Inaction (Quotes About)
- Patul Conjugal (1993 Film)
- fainéant (nothing)
- war horse (Idiom)
- Darius Milhaud (French composer)
