english
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Phrase(s): Nothing doing! Inf. I will not permit it!; I will not participate in it! • John: Can I put this box in your suitcase? Bill: Nothing doing! It’s too heavy now. • Sue: We decided that you should drive us to the airport. Do you mind? Jane: Nothing doing! I’ve got work to do.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Certainly not, as in Can I borrow your down coat?? Nothing doing. This colloquial interjection was first recorded in 1910. Also see , NO DICF.
American Heritage Idioms