not\ for\ all\ the\ tea\ in\ China
- not\ for\ all\ the\ tea\ in\ China
• not for the world
• not for all the coffee in Brazil
• not for all the tea in China
• not for anything in the world
• not for love or money
• not for worlds
adv. phr.
Not at any price; not for anything.
I wouldn't hurt his feelings for the world.
Not for worlds would he let his children go hungry.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань".
Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс.
1997.
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