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        nothi g  nothing but something      nuts everything from soup to nuts
        nothi g  nothing doàng              nuts nuts about someone or something
        nothi g  nothing down               nuts the nuts and bolts (of something)
        nothi g  nothing of the kind        nutshell in a nutshell
        nothi g  nothing short of something  nutty (as) nutty as a fruàtcake
        nothi g  nothing to choose from     nutty nutty as a fruàtcake
        nothi g  nothing to complain about  nuzzle nuzzle up to someone or something
        nothi g  nothing to it              oØr  put one’s oar in
        nothi g  nothing to sneeze at       oØth  take an oath
        nothi g  nothing to speak of        oØth  under oath
        nothi g  nothing to write home about  oØts  sow one’s wild oats
        Nothi g  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  oàject  expense is no object
        nothi g  not know from nothing      oàject  Money is no object.
        nothi g  stop at nothing            oàjectio   not see any objection (to something)
        nothi g  think nothing of someone or something  oàjectio   raise (an) objection (to someone or something)
        nothi g  to say nothing of someone or something  oàjectio   see no objection (to something)
        nothi g  want for nothing           occasion on occasàon
        nothi gs  sweet nothings            occasion rise to the occasàon
        nołice  escape someone’s notice     oŁcupancy  immediate occupancy
        nołice  serve notice (on someone)   oŁcur  occur to someone
        nołice  sàt up and take notice      oŁean  an ocean of someone or something
        nołice  take notice (of something)  oŁean  a drop in the ocean
        nołio   have half a notion to do something  oŁeans  oceans of someone or something
        now all better now                  odd odd man out
        now (every) now and again           odd the odd something
        now (every) now and then            odds at odds (with someone)
        now now and again                   odds for the odds to be against one
        now now and then                    odds odds and ends
        Now Now hear this!                  odor odor of sanctity
        now now or never                    of (above and) beyond the call of duty
        Now (Now), where was I?             of acknowledge receàpt (of  something)
        now There, now.                     of afraid of one’s own shadow
        now the here and now                of after the fashàon of  someone or something
        nowhre  appear out of nowhere       of ahead of one’s tàme
        nowhre  at the end of nowhere       of ahead of schedule
        nowhre  come from nowhere           of ahead of the game
        nowhre  come out of nowhere         of ahead of time
        nowhre  Flattery will get you nowhere.  of all kinds of someone or something
        nowhre  get nowhere fast            of all manner of someone or something
        nowhre  in the màddle of nowhere    of all of a sudden
        nowhre  nowhere near                of all walks of life
        nth to the nth degree               of alongsàde (of)  someone or something
        nude in the nude                    of any number of someone or something
        nuisance make a nuisance of oneself  of appear out of nowhere
        null null and voàd                  of arguàng for the sake of arguàng
        number any number of someone or something  of arguàng for the sake of argument
        number do a number on someone or something  of as a matter of course
        number exchange more than some number of wordł with  of as a matter of fact
         someone                            of as a result of something
        number get someone’s number         of as a token (of something)
        number one’s number is up           of (as) black as a stack of black cats
        number quite a number               of (as) black as the ace of spades
        number a number of things or people  of (as) close as two coats of paint
        numbered one’s days are numbered    of (as) cocky as the king of spades
        numbers by the numbers              of (as) crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
        numbers in round numbers            of (as) funny as a barrel of monkeys
        numbers safety in numbers           of as much fun as a barrel of monkeys
        nurse nurse a grudge (against someone)  of at the bottom of the hour
        nurse nurse someone back to health  of at the bottom of the ladder
        nut off one’s nut                   of at the break of dawn
        nut tough nut to crack              of at the crack of dawn
        nut a hard nut to crack             of at the drop of a hat

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