nothing in English
- nothing⇄adj. (U.S. Slang.) worthless; no-account; insignificant.
Ex. a nothing job, a nothing young man. ""There's a little nothing town up here, just past the high ground,"" Lewis said (James Dickey). - nothing⇄adv. not at all; in no way.
Ex. She is nothing like her sister in looks. He was nothing wiser than before. We were nothing loath to go. - nothing⇄double or nothing
the doubling of a bet or of the stakes in order to retrieve or cancel out previous losses. - nothing⇄expr. for nothing,
a. without payment; free of charge.
Ex. to get something for nothing.
b. with no results; in vain.
Ex. He did all that hard work for nothing.
c. for no reason.
Ex. She is not respected for nothing - nothing⇄expr. have nothing on,
a. to be undressed or improperly dressed.
Ex. ""I just got out of the shower; I have nothing on.""
b. to lack evidence of wrongdoing against.
Ex. The police have nothing on that suspect.
c. to be un - nothing⇄expr. in nothing flat, (Informal.) in no time at all; very quickly.
Ex. The dog came for dinner in nothing flat. - nothing⇄expr. make nothing of,
a. to be unable to understand.
Ex. Bella could make nothing of it but that John was in the right (Dickens).
b. to fail to use or do.
Ex. Tom made nothing of the opportunity afforded him.
c. to consi - nothing⇄expr. next to nothing, very little.
Ex. He knows next to nothing about farming. - nothing⇄expr. not know from nothing, (U.S. Dialect or Informal.) to know nothing.
Ex. ""You're a girl,"" Sterling said ... ""You don't know from nothing"" (Louise Meriwether). - nothing⇄expr. nothing but, only.
Ex. Don't scold her; she's nothing but a child. - nothing⇄expr. nothing doing, (Informal.)
a. definitely not.
Ex. I wanted to make up with him, but he said ""nothing doing.""
b. without success.
Ex. We looked all over for the lost dog, but nothing doing.
c. no activity of intere - nothing⇄expr. nothing less than, just the same as.
Ex. But yet, methinks, my father's execution wasnothing less than bloody tyranny (Shakespeare). - nothing⇄expr. nothing short of, just the same as; nothing less then.
Ex. His ideas are nothing short of brilliant. - nothing⇄expr. nothing to it, (Informal.) no great effort is involved.
Ex. Nothing to it, I'll fix the leak in a jiffy. - nothing⇄expr. think nothing of,
a. to consider as easy to do.
Ex. Harry thought nothing of swimming a mile.
b. to treat as unimportant or worthless.
Ex. The executive thought nothing of his employee's advice. - nothing⇄expr. to say nothing of, not even considering; not to mention.
Ex. Almost everything in the house is new, to say nothing of the house itself. - nothing⇄nothing, noun, adverb, adjective.
- nothing⇄noun 1a. not anything; no thing.
Ex. He believes in nothing. Nothing arrived by mail.
b. no part, share, or trace.
Ex. There is nothing of his father about him.
2. a thing that does not exist.
Ex. to create a world out of
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