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• not to be sneezed at
  пренебрежительно относиться, не считать важным

  Helen's project is important; it's nothing to be sneezed at.
• not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
  ни за что не притронуться к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Those magazines are completely uninteresting to me, and I would not touch them with a ten-foot pole.
• not touch (something) with a ten-foot pole
  ни за что не притронуться

  Those magazines are completely uninteresting to me, and I would not touch them with a ten-foot pole.
• not up to scratch/snuff
  не достаточный, неважный, не адекватный

  I started learning to play tennis; my game is not up to scratch yet.
• not with it
  (быть) не в себе, плохо соображать

  My Aunt Emily is so old that more often than not she is not with it.
• not worth a dime/cent
  (не) стоить ни гроша

  The house is falling to pieces and is not worth a cent.
• not worth a hill of beans
  бесполезный, никудышный, ничего не стоящий

  Cora is not a reliable person, and what she promises is not worth a hill of beans.
• not worth a plugged nickel
  ничего не стоящий, бесполезный, "гроша медного не стоит"

  "Never take Paul seriously; his promises are not worth a plugged nickel."
• not worth mentioning
  не стоит упоминания

  I'd rather John didn't speak about this problem; I am sure it is not worth mentioning.
• not worth one's while
  не стоит затраченного времени или труда

  It is not worth my while to do the laundry at home when I can take it to the Laundromat.
• not worth the trouble
  не стоит усилий, беспокойства

  It is not worth the trouble to clean those big windows ourselves; we can have them cleaned whenever we need.
• nothing but (something)
  ничего кроме (чего-либо)

  There was nothing but an empty plate on the kitchen table.
• nothing but skin and bones
  очень худой, "кожа да кости"

  Because of her crazy diet Jess became nothing but skin and bones.
• nothing doing
  ничего не выйдет, этот номер не пройдёт

  "Nothing doing. I am not going to let you use my computer again."
• nothing down
  (кредит) без первого взноса

  I know that I can buy a microwave oven at this shop with nothing down.
• nothing if not (something)
  прежде всего; крайне, в высшей степени

  John was never impulsive; he was nothing if not cautious.
• nothing of the kind
  ничего подобного

  My friend thought that my intentions were not serious, but I told him that they were nothing of the kind.
• nothing short of (something)
  ни что иное, как (чудо)

  It was nothing short of a miracle that the boat had survived in the storm.
• nothing to choose from
  не из чего выбрать, нет выбора

  Betty wanted to buy a pair of jeans, but there was nothing to choose from in the shop she went to.
• nothing to complain about
  не на что жаловаться, всё в порядке

  I lived in a good apartment house and had nothing to complain about except for the noise coming from the street.
• nothing to it
  легко, ничего особенного

  There was nothing to it and Jim was able to fix the bathroom tap in no time.
• nothing to sneeze at
  что-либо, что следует принимать серьёзно, "не баран чихал"

  Sam's new expensive car is nothing to sneeze at.
• nothing to speak of
  не много, "кот наплакал"

  "Did they find any shortcomings in your work?" - "Nothing to speak of. Everything seems OK."
• nothing to write home about
  ничего интересного, увлекательного

  "Was your trip to Austria exiting?" - "Well, I'd say nothing to write home about."
• now and then
  время от времени, изредка

  Sheila lives on her own in another town and can visit her parents only now and then.
• now or never
  сейчас или никогда

  It is now or never that I will buy a new car.
• nowhere near
  не достаточно, не хватает; даже близко нет

  There was nowhere near enough food for all the campers, so we decided to buy some more.
• null and void
  потерявший законную силу, бесполезный

  Though the document was signed and sealed it was null and void.
• number cruncher
  бухгалтер

  Miss Adams is a good number cruncher and she likes to work with numbers.
• number of (things or people)
  какое-то (неопределённое) число вещей или людей

  There are a number of things Tim is going to do on the weekend.
• number one
  собственная персона, собственное "я"

  "I am speaking about myself; after all number one is what I know most about."
• nurse (someone) back to health
  ухаживать за больным

  When her little son was seriously ill, Martha spent many days trying to nurse him back to health.
• nurse a grudge
  иметь зуб на кого-либо

  Margaret hated her ex-husband was nursing a grudge toward him for years.
• nuts about (someone or something)
  сходить с ума по кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Bob has been nuts about boats and ships ever since he was a boy of ten.
• nuts and bolts (of something)
  основные сведения о чём-либо

  The nuts and bolts of the research were carefully discussed by the student and his mentor.