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как бы не так!

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gen. no such luck (Mirzabaiev Maksym); tilly-fally; tilly-vally; I'll see you blowed first!; I'll see you damned first!; I'll see you further first!; not likely!; sez you!; the deuce a bit!; as if!; my foot!; nuts!
amer. fuff
avunc. Stuff it! (Andrey Truhachev)
disappr. my backside (Reconciliation my backside. Just another transparent attempt to line the pockets of band council members who always make out like bandits. vancouversun.com ART Vancouver)
emph. like hell ("I'm going out on a date" "Like hell you are!" george serebryakov)
idiom. not on your nelly!; wide of the mark! (Andrey Truhachev); far from it! (Andrey Truhachev); way off the mark! (Andrey Truhachev); you're miles out! (Andrey Truhachev)
inf. nothing of the kind; Catch me doing this! (george serebryakov); A fat chance! (ART Vancouver); you wish! (SirReal); not a bit of it!; Like hell! (george serebryakov); no chance!; no way!; I should say not; not likely
Makarov. deuce a bit!; devil a bit; devil a penny; the deuce a bit!; the devil a bit; the devil a penny
nonstand. says you!
tenn., fig. Give me a break!
как бы не так
gen. my foot; like fun (Верещагин); fiddle; not half; I will see you blowed first; I declare if I will; no, indeed (Anglophile); not likely (scherfas); in a pig's eye (In a pig's eye! & In a pig's ass! & In a pig's ear! Rur. Nonsense! (Use caution with ass.) • Tom: I wasn't going to steal it. I was just looking at it. Jane: In a pig's eye! I saw you put it in your pocket! • Mary: Bill says he's sorry and he'll never yell at me again if I take him back. Jane: In a pig's ass! He's made those promises a hundred times before. • Tom: I thought you said I could keep this. Charlie: In a pig's ear! I said you could borrow it. AI Alexander Demidov); in a pig's ear (An exclamation of emphatic denial, dissent, or disbelief of something. Likely a variant of "in a pig's eye," meaning the same. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Step down from the board of directors? In a pig's ear I will! This little pill is supposed to help you lose 20 pounds? Yeah, in a pig's ear it does. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Alexander Demidov); I don't think (used after a statement to indicate an emphatic or ironic negative: There's lots of good things to watch on the telly tonight – I don't think! WT Alexander Demidov)
Gruzovik, inf. nothing of the kind; I should say not
inf. I will see you damned first; yeah, like that's gonna happen (ad_notam); no sir (VLZ_58); nothing doing (He wants to marry her. Nothing doing!); not even close (fa158); fat chance (VLZ_58); fat chance of that (Technical); yeah, right (Баян); tough! (ad_notam)
math. of course not; improbably
slang no way (Александр_10)
"как бы не так"
mil., lingo never happen (MichaelBurov)
как бы не так
: 18 phrases in 5 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Business1
General9
Informal1
Makarov6