not for love or money

Idioms  

1. Never, under no circumstances, as in I'd never visit them again, not for love or money. A version of this expression, which alludes to these two powerful persuasive forces, was recorded in a.d. 971.

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Example Sentences

You see, they must have instruction in God's word, and also lessons in music and dancing; and not for love or money can these things be procured in the country.

From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.

But I wouldn't be his keeper not for love or money.'

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

The child had been ill all night, and not for love or money could he get any one to do anything for them, not even to go for the medicine.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)