next to nothing

next to nothing

English

Pronoun

next to nothing

1. Very little.

   I got it for next to nothing in the January sales.

   He pretends to be knowledgeable, but actually he knows next to nothing.

Derived terms

• next-to-nothingness

Translations

very little

Chinese: Mandarin: 微乎其微 (zh) (wēihūqíwēi) Finnish: melkein ilmaiseksi (of money, "almost free"), ei juuri mitään (fi) French: trois fois rien (fr) German: so gut wie nichts, fast nichts Greek: τζάμπα (el) (tzámpa), φθηνά (el) (fthiná) Italian: quasi niente, una miseria Japanese: ほとんど何もない (ほとんどなにもない, hotondo nani mo nai) Polish: prawie nic Russian: почти́ ничего́ (počtí ničevó) Spanish: casi nada

See also

• for a song