N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[not all there] {adj. phr.}
Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together.
Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there.
[not bad] or [not so bad] or [not half bad] {adj.}, {informal}
Pretty good; all right; good enough.
The party last night was not bad.
It was not so bad, as inexpensive vacations go.
The show was not half bad.
[not for all the coffee in Brazil] or [not for all the tea in China] or [not for anything in the world ] or [not for love or money]
See: [NOT FOR THE WORLD].
[not for the world] or [not for worlds] {adv. phr.}
Not at any price; not for anything.
I wouldn't hurt his feelings for the world.
Not for worlds would he let his children go hungry.
[not have the heart to] {v. phr.}
To not be insensitive or cruel.
My boss did not have the heart to lay off two pregnant women when they most needed their jobs.