cockney rhyming slang for not on your life. nelly rhymes with smelly, which leads to smelly breath, breath leads to breathing to keep alive, leading to not on your life.
by MsMatronic August 7, 2005
Get the not on your nelly mug.a shortened version of "Nelly Duff". Nelly Duff = puff (breath) in Cockney rhyming slang. 'Not on your Nelly' is used to mean 'Not on your life'. "Breath" is synecdochical for "life"
See:
http://www.english-for-students.com/Cockney-Rhyming-Slang-N.html
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See:
http://www.english-for-students.com/Cockney-Rhyming-Slang-N.html
Steve
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