on no account

Idioms  

1. Also, not on any account. Under no circumstances, certainly not, as in On no account should you put a metal utensil in the microwave oven, or Dad said we can't go, not on any account. [Mid-1800s]

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on no account

“The dahlia’s first duty in life is to flaunt and to swagger,” wrote British horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll, “and to carry gorgeous blooms well above its leaves, and on no account to hang its head.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2022

I left word with the maid that we were on no account to be disturbed and we sat down to thresh the whole thing out.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017

But on no account turn the steering wheel.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2014

Besides, she is already wrapping up, telling me that on no account am I to refer to her as a Taiwanese businesswoman.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2012

Despite its passing resemblance to the lobster, it should on no account be eaten, as its flesh is unfit for human consumption and will result in a high fever and an unsightly greenish rash.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling