- no\ go
- • no deal• no dice• no go• no sale• no soapslangNot 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". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.