No Dice
Posted by Word Camel on July 06, 2003
This means no luck or it won't work. Partridge (Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day) says it was first seen in print in 1942 but thinks it was common in the US since the 1920's. Anyway, I wondered if anyone had anything to add to that.
Ms Camel
- No Dice Bob 07/06/03