no such thing

idiom

1

—used to say that a particular person, object, etc., does not really exist

A perfect person? There's no such thing.

—often + as

There is no such thing as a unicorn.

2

—used to say that one did not say or do something that someone believes or says one did

"He said that you're not going with us." "I said no such thing."

Examples of no such thing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There may be no such thing as a travel hack, but that doesn't mean there's no strategy for saving and optimizing your flights. —Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025

There is no such thing as an empty canvas, something is always already there—historical ways of painting, contemporary ways of painting, your own way of painting, clichés, the culture’s entire repertoire of motifs and methods. —Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025

There simply is no such thing as an all-American car. —Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025

There is no such thing as a nobody or a place that is nowhere. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025