- nobody
- See: it's an ill wind that blows nobody good
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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Nobody — may refer to: Nobodies, a race of beings in the Kingdom Hearts video game series nobody (username), the name of a Unix account which has no particular privileges Nobody, a radio drama by Daniel Brocklehurst Nobody, a character in the Teenage… … Wikipedia
Nobody (EP) — Nobody EP EP by Cartman Released March 27, 2000 R … Wikipedia
Nobody — No bod*y, n.; pl. {Nobodies}. [No, a. + body.] 1. No person; no one; not anybody. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nobody — index nonentity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Nobody — Nobody,der:⇨Niemand … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
nobody — (n.) mid 14c., no body no person noone, from M.E. NO (Cf. no) (adj.) not any + bodi (see BODY (Cf. body) (n.)). Written as two words 14c. 18c.; hyphenated 17c. 18c. Incorrect use with their is attested from 1540s. Meaning person of no importance… … Etymology dictionary
nobody — nobody, no one Like anybody and anyone, these are largely interchangeable, but no one is written as two words because noone would be too awkward. In a use such as No one person was responsible, no and one retain their separate meanings instead of … Modern English usage
nobody — / nonentity [n] person of little importance cipher, insignificancy, lightweight*, menial, nix*, nothing, parvenu*, small potato*, squirt*, upstart, wimp*, zero*, zip; concept 423 Ant. somebody … New thesaurus
nobody — ► PRONOUN ▪ no person; no one. ► NOUN (pl. nobodies) ▪ a person of no importance or authority … English terms dictionary
nobody — [nō′bäd΄ē, nō′bud΄ē, nō′bə dē] pron. not any person; not anybody; no one n. pl. nobodies a person of no influence, authority, or importance … English World dictionary
nobody — no|bod|y1 W2S1 [ˈnəubədi US ˈnouba:di, bədi] pron 1.) no one ▪ I knocked on the door but nobody answered. 2.) like nobody s business very much, very well, or very fast ▪ We get along like nobody s business. →be nobody s fool at ↑fool1 (5) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ … Dictionary of contemporary English
