(informal) to be given a dressing-down, to get a severe telling-off, to get read the riot act; to get hauled over the coals / (informal) to take a beating, to take a thrashing

exactly, line for line

(informal) not for me! no thanks! no thank you! it's not my cup of tea! I really don't like it! I'm not interested at all!

(informal) things being as they are, one might as well; what the hell (we have lost everything, so anything is worth a try now: why the hell not?)

(informal) not to be rude, but..., I don't mean to be rude, but...; just saying

Alternative form of ce n'est pas pour dire

out of principle, on principle, as a matter of principle, pro forma; perfunctorily

over silly things, for a trifle, about nothing, with very little reason

(dated, informal) to take a powder, to take flight, to take French leave, to show a clean pair of heels (to escape, to flee)

(informal) not ... at all, not ... in the least