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Expressing refusal No. Nope. (informal) No way. No way. No way, José. (informal) No can do. (informal) No, sir. No sirree. (folksy) No sirree, Bob. (folksy) Sorry. Nothing doing. You’re out of luck. In a pig’s eye. (idiomatic) When pigs fly. (idiomatic) When hell freezes over. (informal) There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell. (informal) Not a chance. No chance. Not if I can help it. Not likely. Not bloody likely. (mildly vulgar) Absolutely not! It will be a cold day in hell before I do that. (informal) Only in your dreams. Dream on. Save your breath. Save it. You’re barking up the wrong tree. (idiomatic) Over my dead body. (idiomatic) Forget it. If you think that, you’ve got another think coming. Not in a million years. Not for a million dollars. You couldn’t pay me to do it. Not in your wildest dreams. You wish. I’ll be damned first. (mildly vulgar) I’ll be damned if I do. (mildly vulgar) Damned if I will. (mildly vulgar) Like hell. (mildly vulgar) I’ll see you in hell first. (mildly vulgar) 39 Stating that someone is wrong What are you talking about? What are you talking about? You don’t know what you’re talking about. You don’t have a leg to stand on. You haven’t got a leg to stand on. You don’t know the first thing about it. You’re really stretching the truth. You’re way off base. You can lay that notion to rest. 40 Arguing about the facts You’ve got it all wrong. You’ve got the facts wrong. You’ve got your facts wrong. You haven’t got the facts. You haven’t got the facts right. I don’t think you’ve got your facts straight. Don’t speak until you’ve got your facts straight. Next time get the facts straight. (informal) Next time get the facts first. (informal) Don’t jump to conclusions.
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