no\ go

no\ go
• no deal
• no dice
• no go
• no sale
• no soap
slang
Not agreed to; refused or useless; without success or result; no; certainly not. - Used in the predicate or to refuse something.

Billy wanted to let Bob join the team, but I said that it was no deal because Bob was too young.

"Let me have a dollar." "No dice!" answered Joe.

I tried to get Mary on the telephone but it was no go.

"Let's go to the beach tomorrow." "No sale, I have my music lesson tomorrow."

I asked Dad for a new bicycle but it was no soap.

Compare: nothing doing, no use

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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