no dice

no dice
I. phrasal

falls in love with her … but it is no dice — Philip Hamburger

II. phrasal
1. of a cast of dice : not valid : void
2. slang — used chiefly in the predicate to emphasize a negative attitude, result, or expectation

tried for a scholarship but it was no dice

to such a proposition I can only say no dice

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no dice
1. No answer, or a negative answer
2. No success
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Main Entry:dice
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no dice see under ↑dice1
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Main Entry:no

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no dice spoken phrase
used for saying that something is not possible, especially when someone asks you for something
Thesaurus: ways of saying nosynonym
Main entry: dice

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informal used to refuse a request or indicate no chance of success

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no dice
US informal
— used to say that something hoped for or wanted was not possible to do or to get

We hoped that tickets would still be available, but no dice, they were all sold.

I've proposed several different deals, but their response continues to be no dice. [=their response continues to be no]

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Main Entry:dice

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no ˈdice idiom
(informal, especially NAmE) used to show that you refuse to do sth, or that sth cannot be done

‘Did you get that job?’ ‘No dice.’

Main entry:diceidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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