No can do meaning in English

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Definition

(Sorry), no can do: (Sorry), I can't do it, it's impossible idiom

Examples

"No can do, I'm afraid."

Exercise 1

Choose the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

Philip won't join Icarus for a drink later.

Icarus' sweater was given to him by his mother.

Icarus' sweater has his name on it.

Choose the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

Philip won't join Icarus for a drink later.

This statement is true. After Icarus asks if Philip "will be around for a drink later", Philip replies "sorry buddy. No can do, I'm afraid". "No can do" is an informal English expression used to decline an invitation, or simply to say that something cannot be done. Philip is declining Icarus' invitation to have a drink.

Icarus' sweater was given to him by his mother.

This statement is true. Philip asks Icarus if he got his sweater from "mommy", a childish term for "mother". Icarus replies, "as a matter of fact I did", meaning that his mother did indeed give him the sweater.

Icarus' sweater has his name on it.

This statement is not true. Icarus' sweater reads "I love my number one birthday boy" on it. His name (Icarus) is not written on it.

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