No, when do we use the word no in English? often to deny something. for example, can
I go for the party please? No. Do you want to eat something? No. can I please come with
you? No. when do we use it? to deny. However there are some phrases in English that you
can use which begin with the word No but the meaning is completely different. well that's
what we are gonna learn today.
Hi friends, I'm Niharika and welcome back. Well in today's
lesson, we are gonna look at some phrases, seven phrases in English that begin with the
word NO but doesn't mean that we are trying to deny something but means something different
altogether. So what are these phrases and how do you use it in your daily conversation?
well that's what we are going to learn, so let's start with the first one, which is NO
Big Deal. Now when do you use this phrase? when something is not difficult or there's
no problem or it's not troublesome. so someone requests you to do something. Hey can you
help me with this project please? and you think it's not a problem at all, yeah it's
not difficult, it's not troublesome for you. so rather than just saying oh no, you can
say no big deal. so no big deal is actually not a denial but this phrase is used in a
positive sentence, wherein you are telling someone that yes, no problem, no big deal.
I can do this for you. like if you tell your husband in the night, honey I'm so exhausted,
can you help me do the dishes please? and he has no problem, he doesn't think that it's
troublesome for him. so he's going to say no big deal, honey I'll help you with the
dishes. Okay so that's how you can use this phrase. very similar to this one is, no
biggie and remember both these phrases are informal English phrases okay. so either you
can say, no big deal or you can say no biggie.
Okay, the next one, no hard feelings. Now no hard feelings, the actual meaning of this
phrase is that you are not angry. okay but how do you use this phrase in your conversation?
So for example, someone apologizes to you for something. umm... but you're not angry,
that situation has not upset you or made you angry. So to convey that to that other person,
you would say, no hard feelings. For example, your friend forgot your birthday, she's your
best friend and guess what, she forgot your birthday. Now that might upset you, but hey
you know what, you're not upset, you're not angry. so when she calls you the next day
and she says that, Oh my God I'm so sorry, I forgot your birthday. How could this happen?
Now since you are not upset, you gonna say, oh that's okay, no hard feelings. so here
you are conveying that it's okay and using the phrase no hard feelings, it means that
you are not upset or you are not angry. Okay so that's how you will use this phrase.
let's have a look at the third phrase which is, no kidding. Now no kidding can be used
in three ways. It means that it has three different meanings. the first meaning, you
use it to add that emphasis to a true statement. So somebody said something and you want to
add that emphasis to it, that yes this is true. so you gonna use the phrase no kidding.
For example your mom says that, this mall is so expensive. now you totally agree to
it so you want to add that emphasis to this statement, you gonna say no kidding. I saw
these denims which were just fabulous but they were ridiculously priced. So yes it means
that it is expensive. so that's how you can use this phrase. the other way that you can
use this phrase, no kidding is to show mild surprise. for example, your friend tells you
that, hey you know what, I am buying a new BMW car and you are surprised, you are like
no kidding, that's amazing. Congratulations. so to express mild surprise, you can use the
expression, no kidding.
and then the third way that you can use this expression is to sound a little sarcastic.
okay so now, your friend tells you i am buying a BMW car and she has mentioned this, like
ten thousand times. so you have heard it, over and over again and now you are like,
no kidding. you've told this to me like ten thousand times. So you are adding some sarcasm
okay. so when you want to add sarcasm you can use the expression, no kidding. when you
want to emphasize a true statement, you will use no kidding and when you want to show a
little bit of surprise, then you gonna use the expression, no kidding, wow that's great,
okay.
The next one, no offence. Now when do you use this expression, no offence? when you
do not intend to insult someone. so here you don't mean to insult someone but you also
want to make a point. so for example, you all are a group of boys, discussing something,
okay and there is another girl also in your group and you want to just pass a comment
about girls in general, but now this girl is also in your group. You don't really want
to insult her in any ways. So before making your point, you would say that - No Offence,
so for example you all are saying that - Uh.. Girls can be so dumb at times. you don't wanna
insult this girl in your group, so you're gonna say - No offence Lara, but girls can
be so dumb at times. So you say No offence which means do not get offended but this is
what I have to say or this is the point that I want to make so you kind of umm... want
to make these insults socially acceptable okay so this is when you'd use this phrase.
And the next phrase that I have for you is "No Pain No Gain" well most of the times uh
it's your fitness instructor or in the sports people love to use this saying that "No Pain
No Gain" which actually mean that until you don't suffer too much until it doesn't hurt
much you are not gonna be able to achieve something so if you wanna be successful if
you wanna achieve something then its important that you need to put in a lot of hard work
and put in a lot of pain so for example now that I have gained too much of weight I go
to a gym and I say that uh, huh I have to lose weight and then when I start exercising
my muscles my body hurts too much and I say oouch my muscles hurt, I am done so my fitness
trainer would say Niharika, "No pain No Gain" so which means it has to hurt you need to
suffer if you wanna look good and if you want to lose weight so that the saying that if
you want to succeed if you want to achieve something then you have to put in a lot of
hard work.
Alright and then I have another expression for you which is "No Way" no way can be used
in two ways the first one is when something is just impossible so for example you have
a movie at 8.00 pm and guess what you are still stuck in a bad traffic jam oops i'm
sure you're not gonna reach by 8.00 pm because you are stuck in traffic so you are gonna
call your girlfriend or you are gonna call your wife who is waiting for you at the movie
theater and you are gonna say Honey guess what there's No way i'm gonna be able to make
it at 8.00 because I a'm stuck in a bad jam. That's how you will use this which means that
it's just impossible that I'm gonna reach at 8.00 and the other way that you can use
No Way is when you want to show or express the strong denial for example your daughter
comes to you and says mom can I go for this party please? and your mom is definitely not
gonna agree to it so she's gonna express her strong denial by saying No Way, No Way you're
going for the party so rather than just saying the simple NO just added a little more and
expressed that No Way you are doing that okay.
And then the last expression that I have for you is :No Wonder" so No Wonder the meaning
of this expression is that it's not surprising so you know there are some thing when you
just get the logic when you understand the logic and its now surprising to you, you express
it by saying No Wonder so there is this baby who is crying constantly crying and then you
realize that he has pooped in his diaper or his diaper is too full and you are like ya
No Wonder he is crying so much so its not surprising right he was irritated he was annoyed
because his diaper was full so that's how you would express when something is just not
surprising to you and you get the logic and you understand it well you express it by saying
No Wonder. Okay. So these are the seven expressions that you can use in your daily conversation
you found it very simple and quiet interesting and I'll be back with a new lesson soon till
then you take care