not on your life
No chance whatsoever
Not on your life is an emphatic refusal, stronger than a simple no.
It suggests the request is so unwelcome that compliance is unthinkable: Can I borrow your car for the weekend? Not on your life.
The phrase implies "not even if my life depended on it," though it's typically used for mundane refusals rather than life-or-death situations.
- absolutely notEmphatic total rejection
- no wayEmphatic denial
- when pigs flyExpressing utter impossibility
- fat chanceSarcastic denial of possibility
- neverAt no point
over my dead body · no · unthinkable · out of the question · nay · not in a million years · inconceivable · no dice · under no circumstances · dream on · yeah right · as if · nothing doing · hell no · impossible · not likely · forget it · by no means
not on your lifeabsolutely
Completely, without exception
of course · definitely · by all means · you bet · without a doubt
not on your lifeeagerly
With keen enthusiasm
willingly · happily · enthusiastically · wholeheartedly · sign me up