“not like”

The following 3 entries include the term not like.

not like that

idiom

: not the same (as something or someone was formerly)

not like the look of

idiom

used to mean that one thinks that the way something appears suggests something bad or unpleasant

not like the sound of (something)

idiom

: to not like the idea of what is suggested by (something said or described) : to feel that what is suggested sounds bad or serious


What did you just call me?

  • brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera
  • Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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