NOT ON YOUR NELLY meaning: Absolutely not; no way ever - OneLook

Usually means: Absolutely not; no way ever.

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not on your nelly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
not on your nelly: Merriam-Webster
not on your nelly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
not on your nelly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
not on your nelly: Wiktionary

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Not on your nelly: Idioms

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not on your nelly: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adverb: (idiomatic, chiefly UK) not on your life, an emphatic form of no.

Similar:

not on your life, not likely, not a chance, ne'er, nohow, nev'r, none, Neva, never ever, nary, more...

Opposite:

definitely, absolutely, certainly, without doubt

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Similar:

not on your life, not likely, not a chance, ne'er, nohow, nev'r, none, Neva, never ever, nary, more...

Opposite:

definitely, absolutely, certainly, without doubt

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