English
Idiom
not on
- unacceptable or impossible
Quotations
After a week or so, he and I determined that walking hundreds of miles behind enemy lines under these conditions was just not on for him, and he packed his equipment to return home. Taking on the Superpowers: Collected Articles on the Eritrean Revolution, 1976-1982 by Dan Connell 1
1998: A feature of a situation may be influencing us although we do not realize it. From the agent's point of view the motivational power and direction of a consideration may not even be recognized. We often do not know why certain choices are just not on, and others so strangely attractive. Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning By Simon Blackburn 2
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