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No way! [interj]
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Meaning:
- Never ever! or Absolutely Not!
- That’s not possible!
Examples:
- John won the game! No way! He was injured before the match! how could he possibly win?!!!
- No way! You won the lottery?
- No way am I going skydiving!
- There’s no way we’ll finish this project by tomorrow.
- No way! I can’t believe she’s moving to Paris!
- There’s no way he could have solved that puzzle so fast.
- No way am I paying that much for a concert ticket!
Synonyms for the idiom “No way”
Not at all
It’s used to emphasize to say something is not correct.
- I was not at all surprised with his behavior. I expected to see such reaction!
- Was it a problem for you to do her a favor? Not at all, I’m going to do it for her.
- Am I bothering you with my chewing gum? Not at all.
- Did he seem mad with me? Not at all, he was just a little stressed out.
Heavens no
To say “No” in very strong way.
- Heavens no, I will never lie to my manager for just a little salary increase.
- Are you planning to go travel by this jalopy? Heavens no, I’m sure it will put me into trouble during the travel!
- Heavens no, I won’t go in the lion’s cage. This animal is savage.
- Do you like bungee jumping? Heavens no, I have fear of heights!
Not by any means
Used to say your disagreement and something never happen.
- Becoming senior in information technology is not easy, not by any means.
- He’s not a bad person, not by any means, but he is not a good co-worker.
- That exam was not by any means simple I thought it was the hardest one in this semester.
- This isn’t good house, not by any means, but it’s near my office.
Never
Used to say your answer is no and not at any time.
- She had never been so distracted
- He will never forget her wife.
- I will never forget that you lied to me for money.
- I got never humiliated like this in my whole life.
Never ever
Not even once. Actually, synonym for never but used to emphasize more.
- I will never ever forgive her for treating me like that.
- I will never ever prefer my wife to my best friends.
- She swore that she will never ever cheat on her husband.
- The boy swore he would never ever spill the beans.
Nix
Used when your answer is no. To nix means to say no and also can be used as a verb.
- The manager decided to nix the idea of joining another country.
- They have to nix the travel plan because their father has a surgery then.
- He wanted to take his girlfriend to disco but she nixed.
- I suggested pasta for dinner, but she nixed my idea.
Negative
To say “no”
- I don’t know why he gave a negative answer to that boy.
- He had a reasonable reason for his negative answer to that offer.
- He boy was so sad due to the that negative answer of that the girl she loved.
- The business man had a negative answer to the offer of investment in our company.
Be not possible
The more formal phrase to say no. (This can be useful for those who have problem saying “no”).
- It is not possible to finish this project in just a few days.
- It’s raining heavily, it is not possible to pass the through the mud here.
- It is not possible for us to access the files without permission.
- With such limited information, it will not be possible to get good results.
Definitely not
Used to say your agreement with someone’s disagreement.
- -Don’t you like extreme sports like skydiving!
–Definitely not. - -Apparently you didn’t like reading book!
–Definitely not, it’s boring for me. - I asked my manager if he increase my salary. He answered, “Definitely not!”
- Oh No! hat rumor is definitely not true. Do not believe that.
Not in the least
None at all.
- I tried to persuade them but they but the didn’t change their decision in the least.
- Hellen couldn’t convince the jury in the least.
- During the war the agreement was not proceeded in the least.
- He does not have sense of fear anymore in the least.
Not the least bit
Not to agree even a bit.
- His voice didn’t let me sleep not the least bit.
- His father didn’t help him not the list bit.
- No one could make him change his opinion after more than two hours discussion even a bit least.
- Remember when I asked you borrow some money but you didn’t not the least bit.