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no more Mr. Nice Guy

no more Mr. Nice Guy phrase: expressing that an implied individual has ceased being pleasant, and will now resort to unpleasant means to attain their objectives.

Phrase

no more Mr. Nice Guy

  1. Expressing that an implied individual has ceased being pleasant, and will now resort to unpleasant means to attain their objectives.
    • "No more Mr. Nice Guy, No More Mr. Clean, No more Mr. Nice Guy, they say "he's sick, he's obscene!""1973, Alice Cooper and Michael Bruce, “No More Mr. Nice Guy”, in Billion Dollar Babies
    • You heard me right, buckaroos—no more Mr. Nice Guy. If those dagger-throwing Ali Babas are so keen on acting like the gol-durned Vietcong, I say let's treat 'em like the gol-durned Vietcong.2003 August 19, "Ed Anger": Weekly World News, page 17

Forms of no more Mr. Nice Guy

alternative formno more Mr Nice Guy
alternative formno more Mister Nice Guy

Origin of no more Mr. Nice Guy

The phrase was originated by Walter Winchell in 1960. He wrote a syndicated show-business column in newspapers entitled On-Broadway, wherein he told a joke about Adolf Hitler using the phrase when the Soviets invaded Berlin in 1945. The phrase was later popularized in the Alice Cooper song of the same name.

Questions about no more Mr. Nice Guy

What does no more Mr. Nice Guy mean?
No more Mr. Nice Guy means expressing that an implied individual has ceased being pleasant, and will now resort to unpleasant means to attain their objectives.
What part of speech is no more Mr. Nice Guy?
No more Mr. Nice Guy is a phrase.

Words near no more Mr. Nice Guy in the dictionary

  1. no mill, no meal
  2. no money, no honey
  3. no more
  4. no more Mister Nice Guy
  5. no more Mr Nice Guy
  6. no more Mr. Nice Guy
  7. no more no less
  8. no mores
  9. no más
  10. no names, no pack drill
  11. no need

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