not on your nelly
not on your life, an emphatic form of no.
PREP.
across
noun
A person's life.
noun
An effeminate homosexual man.
A silly person.
A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
adj
Unmanly; effeminate.
From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.
Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.
not on your life, an emphatic form of no.
From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, t
WiktionarySome of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.
WiktionaryNils and Nelly walked across the mudflats to Langeoog.
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