no can do
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But perhaps more than any other therapy, giving yourself permission to say no can do wonders for mental rehabilitation, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
Realize that "no shower" doesn't mean "no can do."
From US News ● Jun. 9, 2016
"Obviously that brought about more red tape and safety concerns than imaginable. It was a simple no can do."
From The Verge ● May 18, 2016
Can do, no can do, what fashion?" which translated into good Shakespearean English reads "Very bad.
From Time Magazine Archive
On a black board, fixed up in their fore-rigging, they had written, "'Iron Duke' no can do 'Bacchante.'"
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by J. J. Smith
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