not if I (he, she,etc.) can (also could) help it: used to indicate that the person specified will try to ensure that something (mentioned earlier)…

At a great distance, a long way off. Const. from, (colloquial) off. Also with adverbs away, off, out. Phrases. far be it from (me, etc.): a form…

slang or colloquial. I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if ——: used as a strong expression of denial or refusal. Similarly, I'll see you…

to have none of it: to refuse or reject something outright.

transitive. colloquial. not if you paid me and variants: under no circumstances; not at all, not for anything.

colloquial. not likely and variants: used to express emphatic disagreement or refusal. Also with expletive inserted (cf. not Pygmalion likely at Pygm…

used to express one's lack of interest in or sympathy with the difficulties or misfortunes of another person.