American Idioms and Expressions

Not For All The Tea In China Idiom

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not for all the tea in China
What does not for all the tea in China mean?		 not for anythingI will not for all the tea in China lend my friend any more money.
not for all the tea in China
What does not for all the tea in China mean?		 not for anything I will not for all the tea in China lend my friend any more money.

not for all the tea in China
What does not for all the tea in China mean?		 not for anything I will not for all the tea in China lend my friend more money.


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