not on your nellie
a shortened version of “nelly duff”. nelly duff = puff (breath) in c-ckney rhyming slang. ‘not on your nelly’ is used to mean ‘not on your life’. “breath” is synecdochical for “life”
see:
http://www.english-for-students.com/c-ckney-rhyming-slang-n.html
steve
there is no way you are going to get money out of me. not on your nellie.
a yorkshire expression, meaning, you will not go. basically ‘i will not’
babs: jean, do you want to go shopping?
jean: not on your nellie love!
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