not

not yourself

to feel strange and not the way you usually feel While I had to take that medicine, I felt as if I wasn't myself at all.

not

half/so bad Informal

Reasonably good.

See:

(as) often as not
(I'm) (a)fraid not
(not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
(one) can't win for losing
(one) does not wash (one's) dirty linen in public
(something) will get (someone) nowhere
(something) won't get (someone) anywhere
a house is not a home
About time too!
about to
absolutely not
Absolutely not!
add up to
afraid not
all that
All that glistens is not gold
All that glitters is not gold
all there
apple does not fall far from the tree
as if that were not enough
as like as not
as likely as not
as often as not
at all
bad sort, a
bat an eyelash
bat an eyelid
be (not) (one's) bag
be (not) (one's) brother's keeper
be (not) (one's) department
be (not) a patch on
be (not) a pretty sight
be (not) all beer and skittles
be (not) all fun and games
be (not) all moonlight and roses
be (not) as black as (someone/something) is painted
be (not) backward in coming forward
be (not) big on (something)
be (not) comme il faut
be (not) on speaking terms
be (not) out of the woods
be none the wiser
be not (one's) bag
be not (one's) cup of tea
be not a bed of roses
be not for the faint-hearted
be not half bad
be not having any (of it)
be not in Kansas anymore
be not just another pretty face
be not long for this world
be not much between the ears
be not much cop
be not much to look at
be not on
be not rocket science
be not short of a penny (or two)
be not the done thing
be not what it's cracked up to be
be not worth a brass farthing
be not worth a plug nickel
be on
believe it or not
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
but not in the biblical sense
by a long shot
by no means
can't be bothered
can't see beyond the end of one's nose
can't see farther than the end of (one's) nose
careful not to do
caught dead, wouldn't be
children should be seen and not heard
come in out of the rain, know enough to
coming or going, not know if one is
couldn't carry a note in a bucket
couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
couldn't find (one's) way out of a paper bag
couldn't get elected dogcatcher
couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
crime does not pay
cup of tea, one's
Definitely not!
devil is not so black as he is painted
dictated but not read
do as I say
Do as I say, not as I do
do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
Do not wash your dirty linen in public
Dog does not eat dog
don't crap where you eat
don't drop the soap!
don't get me started
don't give me that line
don't give me that story
don't go there
don't hand me that line
don't hand me that story
don't kill the messenger
don't knock yourself out
don't let the grass grow under one's feet
don't look at me
don't mind (someone)
don't monkey around with me
don't patronize me
don't play (around) with me
don't shit where you eat
don't shoot the messenger
down the road, not across the street
Eat to live, not live to eat
exchange no more than
feel like oneself
few bricks short of a load
find guilty
for all the world
Fret not!
game is not worth the candle, the
get nowhere
gone but not forgotten
half of it
Half the world knows not how the other half lives
have no heart for
have nothing on
have nothing to do with
have to do with
haven't
heart in it, have one's
heart not in it
hold a candle to, not
hold one's breath
hope not
I am not my brother's keeper
I guess not
I kid you not
I would not wish on
I’m not kidding
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
If Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain must come to ...
if not
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the ...
I'm not finished with you
I'm not kidding
I'm not made of money!
I'm not surprised
in the least
in the same breath
in the same league
in the unlikely event
in tune
is not a bed of roses
it ain't over till/until it's over
it ain't over till/until the fat lady sings
It is not work that kills, but worry
It’s not my dog
It's not cricket
It's not cricket!
It's not over till it's over
It's not over until the fat lady sings
It's not the heat, it's the humidity
it's not the meat, it's the motion
it's not what you know but who you know
It's one thing after another!
it's your funeral
Judge not, lest ye be judged
know when one is not wanted
last but not least
let (the) perfect be the enemy of (the) good
let's not and say (that) we did
Let's not go through all that again
liar is not believed when he tells the truth
Lightning does not strike twice
like as not
like it or not
likely as not
living soul
long shot, a
look back
Man does not live by bread alone
Money does not grow on trees
more often than not
move a muscle
no good
no hard feelings
no problem
none too
not
not (hear) a dicky bird
not a bad sort
not a bit
not a chance
Not a chance!
not a Chinaman's chance
not a dry eye
not a glimmer
not a hope in hell
not a kid anymore
not a little
not a living soul
not a minute too soon
not a moment to spare
not a moment too soon
not a peep from/out of (someone)
not a pretty sight
not able
not able to call time own
not able to get for love or money
not able to go on
not able to help
not able to make anything out
not able to make head or tail of
not able to see the forest for the trees
not able to stomach
not able to wait
not about to
Not again!
not agree with
not all is cracked up to be
not all it is cracked up to be
not all it's cracked up to be
not all that
not all there
Not always
not any hard feelings
Not anymore
not anything like
not anything to write home about
not anywhere near
not as black as (one) is painted
not as young as one used to be
not at all
not bad
not bat an eye
not bat an eyelid
not be lost on (someone)
not bear the sight of (someone or something)
not believe ears
not believe eyes
not born yesterday
not breathe a word
not built that way
not buy
not by a long chalk
not by a long shot
not by any means
not by any stretch
not care a hang (about something)
not care two hoots about
not care two pins (about something)
not care twopence
not cricket
not cup of tea
not cut it
not cut the mustard
not day
not do a stroke (of work)
not do any favors
not done
not dream of
not dry behind the ears
not dwell on
not enough room to swing a cat
not feel oneself
not feeling oneself
not float boat
not for a moment
not for all the tea in China
not for hire
not for love or money
Not for my money
not for nothing
not for publication
not for the life of me
not for the world
not get a wink of sleep
not get anywhere
not get hopes up
not give
not give (a) tuppence
not give a continental
not give a damn
not give a hang (about something)
not give a hoot
not give a monkey's
not give a rat's arse (about something)
not give a rat's ass
not give a shit
not give a shite (about something)
not give a tinker's damn
not give anyone the time of day
not give it another thought
not give someone the time of day
not give the time of day
not give two pins (about something)
not give twopence
not going to win any beauty contests
not grow on trees
not hack it
not half
not half bad
Not half!
not have (one's) heart in (something)
not have a bean
not have a bone in body
not have a care in the world
not have a chance in hell
not have a clue
not have a hope in hell
not have a hope in hell (of doing something)
not have a leg to stand on
not have a penny to (one's) name
not have a prayer
not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell
not have a stitch of clothes
not have all (one's) buttons
not have all day
not have all marbles
not have an earthly chance
not have anything on
not have anything on (someone or something)
not have it
not have much between the ears
not have one's heart in it
not have the faintest idea
not have the foggiest notion
not have the heart
not have the heart to
not have the heart to do
not have the stomach
not have two nickels to rub together
not having any
not hold a stick to
not hold breath
not hold liquor
not hold still for (something)
not hold water
not hold with
not hurt a flea
not hurt a fly
Not if I see you sooner, and Not if I see you first
not if one can help it
not if you paid me
not in a million years
not in a month of Sundays
Not in a thousand years! and Never in a thousand years!
Not in my backyard!
Not in my book
not in the least
not in the same league with
not in the slightest
not judge a book by its cover
not just a pretty face
not just whistling Dixie
not know (someone) from a bar of soap
not know A from a windmill
not know B from a battledore
not know beans
not know beans about
not know beans about something
not know enough to come in out of the rain
not know from Adam
not know from nothing
not know if (one) is afoot or on horseback
not know if are coming or going
not know one’s ass from a hole in the ground
not know own strength
not know shit about something
not know shit from shinola
not know someone from Adam
not know the first thing about
not know the time of day
not know what hit
not know what to make of
not know where to turn
not know whether one is coming or going
not know whether one is coming or going and not know if one is ...
not know whether to laugh or cry
not know which end is up
not know which way to turn
not let catch doing
not let the grass grow under feet
not lift a finger
Not likely
not long for
not long for this world
not made of money
not matter tuppence
not matter twopence
not mince words
not miss a beat
not miss a trick
not miss for the world
not miss much
not move a muscle
Not much
not much cop
not much for looks
not much to look at
not my dog
not on my watch
not on your life
Not on your life!
Not on your nelly!
not on your tintype
not one iota
not one's day, this is
not oneself
not open mouth
not open one's mouth
not out of the woods
not place
not playing with a full deck
not put a foot wrong
not put it past
not put something past someone
not put stock in (something)
not quite
not right in the head
not right now, thanks
not safe for work
not say boo (to anyone)
not say boo to a fly
not say boo to a goose
not see any objection
not see the forest for the trees
not see the wood for the trees
not set foot somewhere
not shed a tear
not show face
not sit well
not skip a beat
not sleep a wink
not so bad
not so fast
not so hot
not something to write home about
not stand for it
not stand still for (something)
not stand the sight of
not suffer fools
not suffer fools gladly
not supposed to
not take (something) lightly
not take (something) sitting down
not take anything for granted
not take kindly to
not take no for an answer
not take stock in (something)
not tell a soul
not the end of the world
not the half of
not the half of it
not the only fish in the sea
not think much of
not think twice about
not to be sneezed at
not to mention
not to put too fine a point on it
not to say
not to speak of
not to touch a drop
Not to worry
not too bad
not too shabby
not touch (someone or something) with a barge pole
not touch with a ten-foot pole
not trouble head about
not up to
not up to par
not up to scratch and not up to snuff
not up to snuff
not up to the mark
not utter a word
not with it
not worth a brass farthing
not worth a continental
not worth a damn
not worth a dime
not worth a hill of beans and not amount to a hill of beans; not ...
not worth a plug nickel
not worth a plugged nickel
not worth a red cent
not worth a whistle
not worth beans
not worth mentioning
not worth the candle
not worth the paper is printed on
not worth the paper it's written on
not worth the trouble
not worth while
not worth writing home about
not your daddy's
not your dad's
not your father's
Not!
nothing if not
not-invented-here syndrome
NSFW
of sound mind
often as not

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Paulene	paw-LEEN	English (Rare)
Mareike	mah-RIE-kə (German)	Frisian, German
Sizwe	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Gopal	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Acroyd	['ækrɔid]
Seetha	-	Tamil