FromChinese Pidgin English,calquingChinese不能做 (bùnéng zuò, “cannotdo”).

nocando

1. (informal) Icannotdo it.
   • 1981, “I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)”, inPrivate Eyes, performed byHall & Oates:

     But I can't go for that, no no /No can do

   • 2018,Christopher Markus,Stephen McFeely,Avengers: Infinity War:

     Tony Stark: If Thanos needs all six, why don't we just stick this one down a garbage disposal?
     Doctor Strange:No can do.
     Wong: We swore an oath to protect the Time Stone with our lives.

• nothing doing

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