not believe

not believe
phrasal to be astounded at <
I couldn't believe my luck
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • not believe — index disbelieve, doubt (distrust) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • not believe (your) (own) eyes — to think that something you see is not likely to be real. She looked so different in a uniform, I couldn t believe my eyes. Usage notes: sometimes scarcely or hardly are used instead of not: When he found the ring in the grass, he could scarcely… …   New idioms dictionary

  • not believe a word of it — (not) believe a word of it to not believe that something is true. Have you heard what they re saying about Andrew? I don t believe a word of it …   New idioms dictionary

  • not believe your ears — not believe (your) ears to be very surprised by something that someone tells you. We couldn t believe our ears when we heard that our tickets weren t waiting for us at the airport ticket counter …   New idioms dictionary

  • not believe ears — not believe (your) ears to be very surprised by something that someone tells you. We couldn t believe our ears when we heard that our tickets weren t waiting for us at the airport ticket counter …   New idioms dictionary

  • not believe your luck — phrase to feel that something extremely lucky has happened to you She couldn’t believe her luck at meeting him. Thesaurus: to be or feel luckysynonym luck and luckinesshyponym Main entry: luck …   Useful english dictionary

  • not believe your ears — not believe your ˈears/ˈeyes idiom (informal) to be very surprised at sth you hear/see • I couldn t believe my eyes when she walked in. Main entry: ↑believeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • not believe your eyes — not believe your ˈears/ˈeyes idiom (informal) to be very surprised at sth you hear/see • I couldn t believe my eyes when she walked in. Main entry: ↑believeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • not believe your own eyes — not believe your (own) eyes See at: all eyes …   New idioms dictionary

  • not believe your eyes — not believe your (own) eyes See at: all eyes …   New idioms dictionary

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