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not one iota
Idioms and Phrases
Not even the smallest amount, as in He got not one iota of thanks for his efforts . This usage appeared in slightly different form in the New Testament (Matthew 5:18): “One jot [iota] ... shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled.” (The noun jot comes from the Greek iota .)Example Sentences
From the moment he first met the “Reading Rainbow” crew, Burton demonstrated not one iota of star attitude.
"I mean, he may be a lawyer and maybe — I don't know if I would even consider him smart — but and one thing he's not is strategic. Because everything that's happened to Donald over the course of, we'll call it 'Boris' brain' has not inured to Donald's benefit, not one iota," Cohen continued.
“There is not one iota of evidence that would support his unhinged conspiracy theory.”
“I have no idea why the FBI would investigate this when there is not one iota of evidence that either of the women came forward at the instigation of anyone else and for improper reasons,” said Katz, whose client, Vanessa Tyson, has accused Fairfax of assaulting her at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004, an allegation Fairfax denies.
“There is not one iota of truth that my office is engaged in any racial bias in this case or any other case,” Spitzer said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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