Not know something if it bit someone
verb phrase
To be quite ignorant and unperceptive: Kuttner wouldn’t know a strategic trade policy if it bit him on the leg (1990s+)
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Also, not know which way to jump or turn. Have no idea of how to get help or what course to take. For example, With all these offers coming in, he didn’t know where to turn, or When her car was towed, Meg was distraught and did not know which way to jump. The first […]
- Notlayaglove on someone
verb phrase To leave unscathed; fail to hurt: To this point, they haven’t laid a glove on him (1940s+ Prizefighting)
- Not lay a glove on someone
noun A chronic nagger, kibitzer, or complainer: He’s not a writer, he’s a nudge/not as an assassin, but as a nudge and a nerd (1960s+) v: Usually he comes up to nudgy me while I’m writing/and oh nudjh, could he nudjh! [fr Yiddish fr Slavic ”fret, dully ache”; perhaps influenced by English nudge]
- Not make deals
verb phrase To refuse to operate by or tolerate clandestine or unethical arrangements: I don’t make deals, especially not with crooks (1960s+)
- Not miss a trick
Also, never miss a trick; not miss much. Not fail to be aware of what is going on. For example, When it comes to the commodities market, Mark never misses a trick, or Dad may seem absentminded, but he doesn’t miss much. The first phrase dates from the early 1900s; the variant employs miss in […]