nothing of the kind
idiom
: not at all like the thing mentioned : nothing like the thing mentioned
"He's really pretty arrogant, isn't he?" "No! He's nothing of the kind. He's a very friendly and helpful man."
This technology is completely new. Nothing of the kind has ever been seen before.
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But their hodgepodge of examples proves nothing of the kind.
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Harold Hongju Koh, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Though Napoleon’s troops were accused of defacing the sphinx nothing of the kind ever occurred.
—Zenger News, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
But Justice Antonin Scalia’s 5-4 majority opinion said nothing of the kind.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
Surveillance footage from a nearby store showed nothing of the kind.
—Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
In truth, it’s been nothing of the kind.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
The title of Josh Lambert’s book suggests that this surge of activity was organized, that there was a Jewish Literary Mafia, when the author believes nothing of the kind.
—Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 29 July 2022
Roe, emphatically, did nothing of the kind.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 25 June 2022
There’s nothing of the kind in London, no 3000-seaters.
—Fred Bronson, Variety, 26 May 2022
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Harold Hongju Koh, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Though Napoleon’s troops were accused of defacing the sphinx nothing of the kind ever occurred.
—Zenger News, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
But Justice Antonin Scalia’s 5-4 majority opinion said nothing of the kind.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
Surveillance footage from a nearby store showed nothing of the kind.
—Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
In truth, it’s been nothing of the kind.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
The title of Josh Lambert’s book suggests that this surge of activity was organized, that there was a Jewish Literary Mafia, when the author believes nothing of the kind.
—Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 29 July 2022
Roe, emphatically, did nothing of the kind.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 25 June 2022
There’s nothing of the kind in London, no 3000-seaters.
—Fred Bronson, Variety, 26 May 2022
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“Nothing of the kind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20of%20the%20kind. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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