Notlayaglove on someone
verb phrase
To leave unscathed; fail to hurt: To this point, they haven’t laid a glove on him (1940s+ Prizefighting)
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- 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 […]
- Not move a muscle
see: move a muscle
- Not much
interjection No: Did you like the movie? … Not so much