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[hiromichi]

What does the subject phrase mean?

Lastly, if you had asked my brother in the UK when he left
school in the late 1970s if he had intended to stay at the same
company (a bank) until he was in his late 40s then he would
have said, 'not on your life mate!' But he is still there, a little
higher up, in the same locale, and intends now to stay for a
good while yet, if he can.
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Hiromichi

[MrPedantic]

Hello Hiromichi

It's an emphatic way of saying "by no means!" or "certainly not!"

MrP

[hiromichi]

MrPedantic, Thank you.
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Hiromichi