no soap

no soap

No luck; no chance; certainly not. (Often said as a response, indicating a total refusal or rejection.) Primarily heard in US. I tried swapping out the carburetor, but no soap. A: "Can you help me move on Saturday?" B: "Sorry, no soap. I've got somewhere I need to be."

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no soap

Inf. no. I can't do it. No soap. No soap, I don't lend anyone money.

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no soap

see under no dice.

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no soap

AMERICAN, INFORMAL

You say no soap to mean that you have failed to do something that you have been trying to do. I went over to his office yesterday and I called him at home this morning. No soap.

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no soap

no chance of something happening or occurring. North American informal

The origin of this expression, used to refuse a request, may lie in the mid 19th- century US informal use of soap to mean ‘money’.

1929 Edmund Wilson I Thought of Daisy If he tries to cut in on you, don't letum—I'll just tellum, no soap.

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no soap

interj. no. No soap, I don’t lend anyone money.

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no soap

Slang

1. Not possible or permissible.

2. Unsuccessful; futile.

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