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        nip nàp and tuck                    no with no strings attached
        nip nàp  something in the bud       no A rollàng stone gathers no moss.
        nitty get down to the nàtty-gritty  no the poànt of no return
        no all talk (and no action)         nobody’s nobody’s fool
        no All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.  nod get the nod
        no by no means                      nod nod off
        no come as no surprise              Nod the land of Nod
        no cut no ice (with someone)        noggin use one’s noggin
        no expense is no object             none Half a loaf is better than none.
        no feelàng no pain                  none have none of something
        no have no busàness  doing something  none none of someone’s beeswaŁ
        no have no stayàng power            none none of someone’s busàness
        no hold no brief for someone or something  none none other than someone
        no in less than no time             none none the wiser
        no in no mood to do something       none none the worse for wear
        no in no time (at all)              none none too something
        no in no uncertain terms            none second to none
        no It’s no use (doing something).   nonsense stuff and nonsense
        no leave no stone unturned          noodle use one’s noodle
        no Long time no see.                nooð  every nook and cranny
        no Make no bones about it.          nor neàther fish nor fowl
        no make no difference (to someone)  nor neither here nor there
        no make no mistake (about it)       nor neither hàde nor hair
        no Money is no object.              nor not for love nor money
        No No big deal!                     North up North
        no no buts about it                 nose (as) plain as the nose on one’s face
        No No can do.                       nose blow one’s nose
        No No comment.                      nose can’t see beyond the end of one’s nose
        no no doubt                         nose cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face
        no no end of something              nose follow one’s nose
        no no flies on someone              nose get one’s nose out of someone’s busàness
        no no great shakes                  nose have a nose for something
        no no hard feelàngs                 nose have one’s nose in a book
        No No harm done.                    nose have one’s nose in the air
        no no holds barred                  nose keep one’s nose clean
        no no ifs, ands, or buts about it   nose keep one’s nose out of someone’s busàness
        no no joke                          nose keep one’s nose to the grindstone
        no no kidding                       nose lead someone by the nose
        no no laughing matter               nose look down one’s nose at someone or something
        no no love lost (between someone and someone else)  nose nose about
        no no matter what happens           nose nose around
        No No news is good news.            nose nose in(to something)
        no no poànt in  something           nose nose someone out
        no no problem                       nose no skàn off  someone’s nose
        no no skàn off  someone’s nose      nose not see farther than the end of one’s nose
        no no skàn off  someone’s teeth     nose not see past the end of one’s nose
        no no sooner said than done         nose one’s nose às àn the air
        no no spring chicken                nose on the nose
        no no sweat                         nose pay through the nose (for something)
        no no trespassàng                   nose plain as the nose on one’s face
        no not take no for an answer        nose poke one’s nose in(to something)
        no no two ways about it             nose put one’s nose to the grindstone
        no no-win sàtuation                 nose put someone’s nose out of joànt
        no no wonder                        nose (right) under someone’s (very) nose
        no of no avail                      nose rub someone’s nose in it
        no on no account                    nose stàck  one’s nose in(to something)
        no see no objection (to something)  nose thumb one’s nose at someone or something
        no take no stock in something       nose turn one’s nose up at someone or something
        no there is no doing something      nose under someone’s (very) nose
        no There’s no accounting for taste.  nose win by a nose
        no to no avail                      nosediv  go into a nosedàve
        no up to no good                    nosediv  take a nosedàve

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