nothing doing
Example Sentences
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But so much of it still involves nothing: doing nothing, feeling nothing, going nowhere.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
Leeds felt they should have had a spot kick after Dan James went tumbling, but there was nothing doing from referee Oliver Langford.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
“I make next to nothing doing a job that I love,” Peacock told the board in November.
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021
Without a trace of complaint or hardship, he describes happily living in cramped apartments, earning nothing doing comedy and sledgehammering walls for $25 a day.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2017
I’m trying to get her to laugh, but nothing doing.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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