nothing doing

Idioms  

1. Certainly not, as in Can I borrow your down coat?—Nothing doing. This colloquial interjection was first recorded in 1910. Also see, no dice.

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nothing doing

Replays show the ball hit her arm only after bouncing up from her knee, so nothing doing and play continues.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

And we know that this college basketball season opens with so many coaches handling these issues as they always have: saying nothing, doing nothing.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2017

With nothing doing on Capitol Hill, Trump may increasingly start looking for successes overseas.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2017

Seeing nothing, hearing nothing, doing nothing on their side of the bridge, on the NJ roads approaching the bridge where they are responsible?

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016

“There was nothing doing, no fish. I ran up to Elliot Head real slow like. A fog run. I had my horn going.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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