Смысл: all-or-none

all-or-none[͵ɔ:ləʹnʌn]
a
<Í> категорический; не допускающий отступлений или компромиссов; ≅или так или никак
an all-or-none decision - бескомпромиссное решение

none Идиома

bar none

including all products or people, no exceptions Apex is the best detergent, bar none.

none of your lip

do not be rude, don't talk back """You can't boss me,"" Bobby said. ""None of your lip, boy!"" I replied."

none the worse for wear

not hurt or damaged, still in good condition, okay The immigrants were none the worse for wear after their wagon trip across the prairie.

none the less

however仍然
He is old，none the less he works like a young man．他虽说上了年纪，但干起活来还象个年轻人。

none too

not at all根本不
The doctor arrived none too soon，as Mary's fever was very alarming．玛丽发烧温度高得吓人，可医生并没有及时赶到。
They were discovered by the pilot of the helicopter，and none too soon，because they'd eaten all their food．他们被直升飞机驾驶员发现，差一点就来不及了，因为他们已吃光了所有食物。

second to none

the best 最好的
As a football player John is second to none．约翰是最好的足球运动员。
In playing the violin she is second to none in our school．论拉提琴，她在我们学校里要算首屈一指了。

none the wiser

Idiom(s): none the wiser

Theme: KNOWLEDGE - LACKING

not knowing any more.
• I was none the wiser about the project after the lecture. It was a complete waste of time.
• Anne tried to explain the situation tactfully to Jack, but in the end, he was none the wiser.

none other than

Idiom(s): none other than sb

Theme: PEOPLE - POSITIVE

the very person.
• The new building was opened by none other than the mayor.
• Jack's wife turned out to be none other than my cousin. prime mover

none of one's beeswax

Idiom(s): none of one's beeswax

Theme: KNOWLEDGE - PRIVATE

none of someone's business. (Slang.)
• The answer to that question is none of your beeswax.
• It's none of your beeswax what I do with my spare time.

have none of

Idiom(s): have none of sth

Theme: REJECTION

to tolerate or endure no amount of something.
• I'll have none of your talk about quitting school.
• We'll have none of your gossip.
• I wish to have none of the sweet potatoes, please.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Someone who is a friend to everyone makes none of them feel special.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You should be grateful for something, even if it's not as much as you wanted.

One of these days is none of these days.

'One of these days' remains vague.

None so blind as those who will not see

This idiom is used when people refuse to accept facts presented to them. ('None so deaf as those who will not hear' is an alternative.)

half a loaf is better than none|bread|half|half a

Part of what we want or need is better than nothing.

A proverb. Albert wanted two dollars for shoveling snow from the sidewalk but the lady would only give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better than none.
Compare: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

have none of|have

v. phr. To refuse to approve or allow. The teacher said she would have none of Mike's arguing. When the fullback refused to obey the captain, the captain said he would have none of that.

none too|none

adv. Not very; not at all. The doctor arrived none too soon as Lucy's fever was alarmingly high.

second to none|second|to none

adj. phr. Excellent; first rate; peerless. Our new State University campus is second to none. There is no need to pay all that high tuition at a private college.

half a loaf is better than none

half a loaf is better than none
Something is better than nothing, even if it is less than one wanted. For example, He had asked for a new trumpet but got a used one—oh well, half a loaf is better than none. This expression, often shortened, was already a proverb in 1546, where it was explicitly put: “For better is half a loaf than no bread.”

none

none
In addition to the idioms beginning with none, also see all of the above; bar none; not have it; second to none.
* * *
- none of one's business
- none of the above
- none other than
- none the wiser
- none the worse for
- none too

none of one's business

none of one's business
Not one's concern, as in How much I earn is none of your business. This expression employs business in the sense of “one's affairs,” a usage dating from about 1600. (Also see mind one's own business.) A slangy, jocular variant from about 1930 is none of one's beeswax. The related verb phrase have no business is used to indicate that one should not meddle or interfere, as in He has no business discussing the will with outsiders.

none of the above

none of the above
see under all of the above.

none the worse for

none the worse for
1) Not harmed from, as in He was none the worse for walking the entire ten miles, or This carpet may be old, but it's none the worse for wear. [Early 1800s]
2) Be improved by, as in The dog would be none the worse for a good brushing. [Early 1800s]

More Idioms/Phrases

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