Not in a very agreeable mood today? There are a number of negative expressions to counteract all those smiley, happy people. Some very common negative expressions include the following:

non cambiare una virgola (not to change a single word)

non dire una sillaba (not to say a word)

non per la quale (not to be trusted)

Non vale! (That’s not fair/that’s cheating!)

fuori dal nulla (out of the blue)

buono a nulla (good for nothing)

Other common phrases that rely on the negatives are listed in below: