no dice
Example Sentences
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Of course, some culinary pros still say no dice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
At the Paramount box office, I asked about a refund … no dice.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
I tried entering “nose bleeds, fatigue, fainting, shortness of breath, nausea, open lesions and fingers falling off” into WebMD but no dice.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2022
I pleaded with my nurse practitioner to let me take it off at night, but she said no dice.
From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2022
Except of course for the opal-haworthia plant, which Seven had been trying for years to grow just for its invisibility properties, but no dice.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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