Not for a moment
Never, not in the least, as in Not for a moment did I believe he was telling the truth. This expression employs moment in the sense of “the tiniest length of time,” a usage dating from the mid-1300s.
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Never, under no circumstances, as in I’d never visit them again, not for love or money. A version of this expression, which alludes to these two powerful persuasive forces, was recorded in a.d. 971.
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- Not give a damn
verb phrase (Variations: dang or darn or dern or durn or diddly-damn or diddly-shit or flying fuck or fuck or hill of beans or hoot or piss or vrat’s assx or rat’s behind or rat’s rump or rip or shit or spit or squat or two hoots in hell may replace damn) To be indifferent […]
- Not give someone the time of day
verb phrase Not do the slightest favor for; not greet or speak to; have contempt for: Like him? I wouldn’t give that bastard the time of day [1593+; the dated instance, from Shakespeare, is not in the negative] Ignore someone, refuse to pay the slightest attention to someone, as in He’s tried to be friendly […]