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ne pas promettre poires molles: to threaten, to guarantee that there will be hell to pay, that there will be severe retribution, that there will be trouble
ne pas quitter des yeux: not to let out of one's sight, not to take one's eyes off, to keep an eye on
ne pas rester pierre sur pierre: for there to be nothing left (of a building), for there to be only ruins
ne pas s'en laisser conter: to be no sucker, to not be easily taken in, to not let oneself be fooled easily
ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser: to be in a quandary, to be unsure of what to do, not to know where you stand
ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer: Not to know where to turn, not to know what to do because one has exhausted all the possibilities
ne pas se bousculer au portillon: not to line up, not to queue up, not to crowd in, not to fall over each other (with the implied meaning that something meets with little success)
ne pas se faire attendre: not to be long in coming, to come quickly
ne pas se fouler: not to overstrain oneself, not to over-exert oneself, not to overdo it, not to wear oneself out, not to kill oneself over (something), to take it easy
ne pas se le faire dire deux fois: not need to be told twice
ne pas se moucher du pied: to think one is the business, to think one is the bee's knees, to think one is the shit, to think one is hot shit, to be full of oneself
ne pas se prendre pour de la merde: to think the sun shines out of one's arse, to think one's shit doesn't stink, to think one is the shit, to think one is hot shit (to be full of oneself, to think highly of oneself)
ne pas se trouver sous le sabot d'un cheval: not to grow on trees, to be rare, to be hard to come by
ne pas sentir la rose: to smell bad, to stink
ne pas tourner rond: not to run smoothly; to be wrong, to be amiss; to have a screw loose
ne pas valoir un clou: not to be worth a thing, not to be worth a penny, to be worthless
ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez: not to see past the end of one's nose (be short-sighted)
ne pas voler haut: not to be terribly refined, to be lowbrow, to be rather coarse (almost to the point of being crude, crass)
ne pas y aller avec le dos de la cuillère: not to go in for half measures
ne pas y aller de main morte: to be heavy-handed
ne pas y aller par quatre chemins: not to beat around the bush, to go straight to the point
ne pas y avoir photo: for there to be no doubt about it
ne pas être au bout de ses peines: to be in for more hardships, to have further trouble coming one's way, not to be out of the woods, not to be in the clear
ne pas être au bout de ses surprises: to be in for more surprises, to have more surprises lying in store for one, to have more surprises coming one's way
ne pas être dans son assiette: to feel under the weather, to feel fragile
ne pas être de refus: to be something to which one wouldn't say no, to be something that one wouldn't mind, to be most welcome
ne pas être en reste: to be just as good as someone, not to compare unfavourably to someone; not to be lagging behind
ne pas être la mer à boire: to not be an insurmountable task, an endeavour too large to handle, to not be so hard
ne pas être né de la dernière pluie: not to be born yesterday, not to have fallen off the turnip truck, to have been around
ne pas être piqué des hannetons: to be pretty good, to be quite something, to be excellent
ne pas être piqué des vers: to have no flies on one, to be pretty good, to be quite something, to be excellent
ne pas être sans ignorer: to know full well
ne pas être sans savoir: to know full well, to know very well
ne pas être sorti de l'auberge: not to be out of the woods yet, not to be in the clear
ne pas être sorti des ronces: not to be out of the woods yet, not to be in the clear
ne pas être une mince affaire: to be no mean feat, to be no small feat, not to be a walk in the park, not to be an easy task
ne plus avoir de secret: to hold no secret
ne plus pouvoir voir en peinture: to be sick of (something/someone), not to be able to stand the sight of (something/someone) anymore
ne plus savoir où donner de la tête: not know whether one is coming or going, not know which way to turn
ne plus se connaître: to be beside oneself with anger, to be furious
ne plus se sentir: to feel exhilarated; to be beside oneself with pride, to feel very proud (to the point of arrogance and haughtiness)
ne plus se sentir pisser: to feel exhilarated; to be beside oneself with pride, to feel very proud (to the point of arrogance and haughtiness)
ne plus être à ça près: conveys the notion that anymore of something won't make a difference
ne rien dire qui vaille: not to look good, not to bode well
ne rien se refuser: not to stint oneself, not to deny oneself anything
ne rien vouloir entendre: not have any of it, not want to know
ne rien vouloir savoir: not have any of it, not want to know
ne rimer à rien: to make no sense, to have no rhyme or reason
ne serait-ce que: in part because, not least because, partially because; if only; at least; even; not even
ne souffler mot: to not breathe a word of, to not say, to be quiet about
ne tenir qu'à un cheveu: to hang by a thread
ne tenir qu'à un fil: to hang by a thread
ne-m'oubliez-pas: forget-me-not (plant of the genus Myosotis)
ne...que: only, just; but
neantmoins: obsolete spelling of néanmoins
nebka: nabkha
nec plus ultra: the best of the best
neck: neck (solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano)
neckérien: Neckerian
nectaire: nectary (gland that secretes nectar)