词汇 | no dice |
词源 | no dice. No dice, for “no” or “absolutely not,” derives from the game of dice, where no dice means “a throw that doesn’t count.” No dice can also mean “worthless and completely unsuccess- ful,” all of these meanings apparently dating back to the late 1920s in the U.S. |
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