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not if you paid me

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  1. Under no circumstances, as in I wouldn't jump off the high diving board, not if you paid me. [Late 1800s]


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However, she added: "I wouldn't do it again, not if you paid me, it was horrendous, it was a nightmare."

From BBC Jun. 24, 2022

Danger's the word, for I won't deceive you, no, not if you paid me better wages than the old man do give and he's as near as the paring of an inion.

From The Opal Serpent by Fergus Hume

If you think I'm going to let this pass you're making a mighty mistake," she continued, "which I wouldn't do not if you paid me all the gold in the kingdom.

From Jeremy by Sir Hugh Walpole

"Never again; not if you paid me a guinea a stitch."

From A Knight of the Nets by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

"I wouldn't live in Chagmouth, not if you paid me hundreds a year!" declared Mrs. Treasure, their landlady.

From Monitress Merle by Angela Brazil

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