nothing

phrases

• be nothing if not

  used for emphasizing that someone or something has a lot of a particular quality

  He is nothing if not enthusiastic.

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• be nothing like

  to not be similar to someone or something in any way

  Her two daughters are nothing like each other.

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• for nothing

  1. 1

     without any payment

     Some of the men volunteered to work for nothing.

     I'm a club member, so I can get tickets for nothing.

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  2. 2

     without a reason or purpose

     Why did you call me down here for nothing?

     not for nothing (=for a good reason):

     Not for nothing is McRae known as 'the wild man of motor sport'.

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• if nothing else

  used for mentioning what you think may be the only good aspect of something or the only good reason for doing something

  Andrea's work has always been neat and tidy, if nothing else.

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• it's nothing/think nothing of it

  spoken
  used as a polite reply when someone has thanked you for doing something for them

  'It's very kind of you to bring me home.' 'Think nothing of it.'

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• nothing but

  only

  They've shown us nothing but kindness.

  He has nothing but praise for the managers at his company.

  You're nothing but a thief.

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• nothing doing

  informal
  used for refusing a request or saying that something is not possible

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• nothing of the kind/sort

  used for emphasizing that you disagree with someone's statement, or that you refuse to let someone do something

  'I'll just stay here then.' 'You'll do nothing of the kind.'

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• there's nothing better, worse, more exciting etc than

  used for emphasizing how good/bad/exciting etc something is

  There's nothing more exciting than seeing your name in print.

  There's nothing worse than not being able to sleep at night.

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• there's nothing for it but

  British
  used when you are saying that a situation is so difficult that there is only one thing that you can do

  There was nothing for it but to run away.

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• there's nothing in/to something

  used for saying that something is not true

  There's nothing in the rumours about an affair.

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• there's nothing to it

  spoken
  used for saying that something is very easy to do

  Here, just press this button. There's nothing to it.

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