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List of Idioms beginning with N
Nobody's fool- one who can take care of himself
not having a leg to stand for- not having proof
Never-never land- ideal best place
No love lost between- dislike
Needle in a haystack- If trying to find something is like looking for a needle in a haystack, it means that it is very difficult, if not impossible to find among everything around it
New brush sweeps clean- 'A new brush sweeps clean' means that someone with a new perspective can make great changes. However, the full version is ' a new brush sweeps clean, but old brush knows the corners', which warns that experiences is also a valuable thing
No smoke without fire- This idiom means that when people suspect something, there is normally a good reason for the suspicion, even if there is no concrete evidence. (Where's there's smoke, there is fire' is also used)
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