ring rope
/ˈrɪŋ rəʊp/noun
1A rope attached to or passing through a ring; specifically (Nautical ) a rope used to make the anchor cable of a ship more secure during bad weather.
2Any of the cords marking off a ring, especially a boxing or wrestling ring. Often in plural.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Tutchin (d. 1707), political writer. From ring + rope.
- not be able to do something a lick
- not be able to do something for toffee
- not be above
- not be an option
- not bear thinking about
- not before time
- not be fussy
- not-being
- (not) be myself
- not be oneself
- (not) be ourselves
- not be someone's first rodeo (or not be someone's first time at the rodeo)
- not best pleased
- (not) be themselves
- not be worth a damn
- (not) be yourself
- not blink an eye
- not breathe a word
- not but what
- not by a long chalk
- (not) by a long shot
- not care (or give) a hang
- not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots)
- not care (or give) a straw (or two straws)
- notch