no such thing
Idioms-
Nothing like that, nothing of the kind, as in We've been looking for a car without air-conditioning, but no such thing is available . [Mid-1500s]
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On the contrary, certainly not, as in You thought I was quitting? No such thing ! [Mid-1700s]
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Since we’re talking to and about Kathy Griffin, we can’t rightly quote the old saying that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
As many a TV detective likes to say, there are no such thing as coincidences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
There’s no such thing, and should set off a huge alarm bell.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
There’s quite a bit of sociological foreshadowing suggested by “Juiced”—about transgressive entertainment, the fraud of “unscripted TV,” even the desperate need of Simpson to recapture his once-adoring audience when no such thing was possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
After all, these little atoms had to move around somehow; if there were no such thing as a vacuum, the atoms would be constantly pressed against one another.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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