no such thing

idiom

1
used to say that a particular person, object, etc., does not really exist
A perfect person? There's no such thing.
often + as
There is no such thing as a unicorn.
2
used to say that one did not say or do something that someone believes or says one did
"He said that you're not going with us." "I said no such thing."

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There’s no such thing as a fireproof house, yet, but that hasn’t stopped one builder from trying. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025 There is no such thing as a perfect person, as my pastor says every week at church — all of us are sinners and all of us are saints in progress. Meredith Kile, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Second, there is, of course, no such thing as Semitic peoples. Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025 There is no such thing as professional baseball for women, apart from a World Cup team that is assembled and disassembled every few years. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no such thing

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“No such thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20such%20thing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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