not miss for the world
not miss (something) for the world
To be unwilling to miss seeing or experiencing something no matter what other things might get in the way. Don't worry, sweetie, I'll be there to see your performance tonight. I wouldn't miss it for the world. There's a big project that's coming up the same month I'm travelling to Paris, but hopefully my colleagues can handle it without me because I'm not missing this trip for the world!
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not miss something for the world
and not miss something for love nor moneyFig. would not miss something for any reason at all. Of course I'll be at your wedding. I wouldn't miss it for the world.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
That was one interview I would
not miss for the world. (I did write about it.) From that interview I got an understanding of poverty that was not totally new but which sank in deep because it was profoundly explained by someone who lived it and walked with the poor.
Stephen - who will be joined by original bandmates Des Lee and Ray Millar as well as new members Gerry Brown, Johnny Fean and Barry Woods - added: "It will be a really emotional evening for us all but it is one show I would
not miss for the world."
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