To deny something very firmly: “No, not by a ________.”
| LONG SHOT | 656 |
| DAMN SIGHT | 163 |
| JUGFUL | 96 |
| LONG SIGHT | 43 |
| DARN SIGHT | 38 |
| NR | 30 |
| WHOLE LOT | 7 |
| ANY MEANS | 6 |
| DAMN SHOT | 6 |
| MILE | 6 |
| DURN SIGHT | 3 |
| HELL OF A LOT | 3 |
| LONG WAYS | 3 |
| CAT’S EYE | 2 |
| DAMN | 2 |
| HECK OF A LOT | 2 |
| LONG CHANCE | 2 |
| MILLION | 2 |
| NO MEANS | 2 |
| SKIN OF MY TEETH | 2 |
| SKIN OF YOUR TEETH | 2 |
| ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DOING | 1 |
| BIG SHOT | 1 |
| BUSHEL AND A HALF | 1 |
| CAT’S ASS | 1 |
| CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN | 1 |
| COUNTRY MILE | 1 |
| CROCK | 1 |
| CROCK OF BEANS | 1 |
| DANG SIGHT | 1 |
| DARN | 1 |
| DARN SHOT | 1 |
| DOG’S TAIL | 1 |
| FROG HAIR | 1 |
| GNAT’S EYELASH | 1 |
| GOD DAMN SIGHT | 1 |
| GOOD DEAL | 1 |
| GOOD GODDAMN | 1 |
| GREAT DEAL | 1 |
| GUNSHOT | 1 |
| HAIR | 1 |
| HAIR OF MY CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN | 1 |
| HAIR ON YOUR FANNY | 1 |
| HANDFUL | 1 |
| HELL OF A SIGHT | 1 |
| LITTLE BIT | 1 |
| LONG JUMP | 1 |
| LONG RUN | 1 |
| LONG WAY | 1 |
| MEANS | 1 |
| MILLION YEARS | 1 |
| MILLSTONE | 1 |
| MINUTE | 1 |
| NO | 1 |
| “NO, AND THAT’S IT” | 1 |
| NOSE | 1 |
| NOT AT ALL | 1 |
| NOT FOR NOTHING IN THIS WORLD | 1 |
| NOT IN A MILLION YEARS | 1 |
| NOT IN A PIG’S EYE | 1 |
| NOT ON YOUR LIFE | 1 |
| OUNCE | 1 |
| OVER MY DEAD BODY | 1 |
| PIG’S ASS | 1 |
| RINNY-TIN-TIN | 1 |
| RIP | 1 |
| SHOT | 1 |
| SLIM CHANCE | 1 |
| STONE’S THROW | 1 |
| SURE SHOT | 1 |
| TINKER’S DAMN | 1 |
| VEHEMENTLY | 1 |
| WHISKER | 1 |
| YOUR LIFE | 1 |
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