Смысл: all-or-nothing

all-or-nothing[͵ɔ:ləʹnʌθıŋ]
a
<Í> 1. = all-or-none
2. дотошный
all-or-nothing perfectionist - человек, не мирящийся ни с какими недочётами, недоделками и т. п.
3. ставящий всё на карту
to play an all-or-nothing game - идти ва-банк; ≅ пан или пропал

is better than nothing Идиома

double or nothing

double the first bet and if I win, I owe nothing "After losing the first bet, I said, ""Double or nothing this time?"""

good-for-nothing

not useful, useless I'll be glad when we sell that good-for-nothing truck.

here goes nothing

ready to begin - but it will be a waste of time and will probably fail Here goes nothing. I have already asked him to lend me some money and he always says no but I

in nothing flat

quickly I will have this information printed out for you in nothing flat.

nothing doing

I will not do it, certainly not, no indeed Nothing doing. I am not going to stay and work late again this evening.

nothing if not

without doubt, certainly He is nothing if not punctual. He has never been late in his seven years with this company.

nothing succeeds like success

one success leads to more success This is the first rule of learning: Nothing succeeds like success.

nothing to it

(See there's nothing to it)

nothing to sneeze at

something you should take seriously His new salary is nothing to sneeze at.

nothing to write home about

not special or spectacular, no great shakes He's a nice guy, but nothing to write home about.

(something) is bigger than nothing

An acceptance that a accurate thing, although not ideal, is bigger to annihilation at all. After two weeks, I assuredly got a acknowledgment buzz alarm from that company, which is bigger than nothing, I guess. Yeah, her allowance was late, but it's bigger than nothing, at least.Learn more: better, nothing

Something is bigger than nothing.

Prov. It is bigger to get alone some of what you appetite than to get annihilation at all. (Learn added .) Fred: I alone got $50 for all those books I sold. Jane: article is bigger than nothing. Jill: Is your camera actual good? Jane: It's bigger than nothing.Learn more: better, nothing

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not with it not worth a plugged nickel notch below nothing doing nothing if not nothing succeeds like success nothing to it nothing to sneeze at nothing to write home about nothing ventured, nothing gained now and then now or never nuke nukes number-cruncher number is up number one iron (one's) shoelaces iron curtain iron fist iron hand iron hand (in a velvet glove), to rule with an iron in the fire iron man iron out iron out the kinks iron out the wrinkles iron out the wrinkles (of/in something) iron poof iron the wrinkles out (of/in something) ironclad ironing irons in the fire, lots of/too many irons in the fire, too many irregardless of (someone or something) irregular Irv Irvine is is (someone) all over Is (someone) there? is all is better than nothing Is everything jake? is it is it just me Is it me or...? is killing Is my face red! Is nothing sacred? is rotten in Denmark is that a (something) in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me Is that a (something) in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Is that a fact? is that right is that so Is that so? Is that the time? Is that what they're calling it now? Is that what they're calling it these days? Is the glass half empty or half full? is the new... Is the Pope (a) Catholic? is the Pope a Catholic? Is the Pope Catholic? Is there any truth to (something)? Is there any truth to? Is there some place I can wash up?