not\ for\ anything\ in\ the\ world

not\ for\ anything\ in\ the\ world
• 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". . 1997.

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