no dice | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anunacceptablealternative.; (idiomatic)Anunfavorableresult.; (informal)Used to express a negative outcome or decision.We looked all over the house for it.No dice.The board considered the proposal at the meeting, butno dicefor now.1958,Cochran, Ray Edward;Capehart, Jerry Neil, “Summertime Blues”‎[1](vinyl), performed byCochran, Ray Edward,Liberty Records,→OCLC, B-side "Love Again":I′m a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler / About a-workin′ all summer just-a tryin' to earn a dollar / Every time I call my baby, try to get a date / My boss says "No diceson, you gotta work late"

Examples:

EN: A girl just like you, or there's no dice.
ES: Una como tú o no hay trato.
EN: He didn't yell "no dice" when they rolled against him.
ES: Él no se detuvo cuando las cosas se fueron en su contra.
EN: It's cut three ways or no dice.
ES: O lo dividimos en tres o nada.
EN: When you hop around the country making one-night stands. Getting in and out of Pullmans. If you got kids, no dice.
ES: Pero cuando se recorre el país en coches-cama, los niños, sobran.
EN: A lollapalooza, but still no dice.
ES: Pero, no ha hecho efecto.
EN: You know, you've gotta be all married before the draft is announced or it's no dice.
ES: Si no te casas antes de que se anuncie el reclutamiento, estás perdido.
EN: Yeah, I am thinking about it, and I say no dice.
ES: Sí, ya lo he pensado, y digo: "Ni hablar".
EN: But it was no dice.
ES: Pero no había manera.
EN: Well, then it's no dice.
ES: Entonces, no hay trato.
EN: Okay, baby, I guess it's no dice.
ES: Bueno, nena. Creo que no hay caso.
EN: I've been trying to pin it on him for two years, but no dice.
ES: Llevo dos años intentando demostrarlo, pero sin éxito.
EN: Well, no dice, no dice.
ES: Bueno, es inútil.
ES: Bueno, es inútil.
EN: - He said no dice.
ES: - Ha dicho "ni hablar".
EN: It's no dice, Gladdy.
ES: Ni modo, Gladdy.
EN: - No, no dice.
ES: - No, no hay dados.

Note: the examples for non latin scripts have a high likelihood of mistakes, we do not own any of this data and it is sourced from Wiktionary, the NLLB database and Opensubtitles. Please help us improve this by contributing correct examples. We will be working to fix this issue over time however it is a bigger issue due to the the difficulties in dealing with non latin scripts and grammatical structures(non-romantic/european languages have lower resources as well ).