nip in the bud
To check at the outset; prevent at the start; block or destroy in the beginning.
The police nipped the plot in the bud.
The teacher nipped the disorder in the bud.
not all there
Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together.
Аналог выражения "не все дома"; быть странным.
Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there.
My university teacher always wears a silly hat and carry an umbrella with him like he's not all here.
Мой преподаватель в университете всегда носит шляпу и зонт будто у него не все дома.
not for all the coffee in Brazil
not for all the tea in China
not for anything in the world
not for love or money
not for love nor for money
not for the world
not for worlds
Not at any price; not for anything.
Ни за какие деньги, ни за что на свете, и т.д.
I wouldn't hurt his feelings for the world.
Not for worlds would he let his children go hungry.
No I won't do it - not for all the tea in China.
Нет, я не буду делать этого, – ни за какие коврижки.
I will not marry him not for love nor money.
Я не выйду за него ни за какие деньги.
not have the heart to
To not be insensitive or cruel.
My boss did not have the heart to lay off two pregnant women when they most needed their jobs.
not in the least
Not at all.
She was not in the least interested in listening to a long lecture on ethics.
not the only fish in the sea
One of many; not the only one of the kind; not the only one available.
He said he could find other girls - she was not the only fish in the sea.
not the only pebble on the beach
Not the only person to be considered; one of many.
George was acting pretty self-important and we finally had to tell him that he wasn't the only pebble on the beach.
not the thing
Not the accepted form of action; something socially improper.
It is simply not the thing to wear blue jeans to the opera.