not on your life

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not on your life

adverb

  1. idiomatic Absolutely not; under no circumstances. Do you think I will ever go back after that? Not on your life!

    Similar: no chance, not a chance, by no means, no fear, nothing doing, no way, chance'd be a fine thing, not on your nelly

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adv an emphatic negative

Françaisjamais de la vie
Deutschnie im Leben, im Leben nicht

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@misc{not_on_your_life_2026,
  title = {not on your life},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/not%20on%20your%20life},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}