not Pygmalion likely

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English

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Etymology

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A reference to the then-scandalous use of the phrase "not bloody likely" in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

Interjection

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not Pygmalion likely

  1. (informal, euphemistic, humorous) not likely; under no circumstances; absolutely not