English Dictionary

have nothing on someone

動詞

アメリカ英語

(US) To be short of accusatory evidence against someone / To lack an advantage over someone, not be in a better position than someone

日本語の意味

（誰かに対して）非難するための証拠が全くない / （誰かに対して）優位な立場や有利な条件を持っていない

Although many suspects were questioned, the detectives seem to have nothing on someone believed to be involved in the case.

何人もの容疑者が取り調べを受けたにもかかわらず、捜査官たちはその事件に関与しているとみられる人物に対して決定的な証拠を持っていないようだ。

意味（1）

(US) To be short of accusatory evidence against someone

“Abe, I 've come down to gather you in,” announced the calmly mendacious detective. He continued to sip his bruilleau with fraternal unconcern. “You got nothing on me, Jim,” protested the other, losing his taste for the delicacies arrayed about him. “Well, we got 'o go down to Headquarters and talk that over,” calmly persisted Blake.

意味（2）

To lack an advantage over someone, not be in a better position than someone

I would take an hour in consuming that one cracker. I took the smallest nibbles, never losing a crumb, and chewed the nibble till it became the thinnest and most delectable of pastes. I never voluntarily swallowed this paste. I just tasted it, and went on tasting it, turning it over with my tongue, spreading it on the inside of this cheek, then on the inside of the other cheek, until, at the end, it eluded me and in tiny drops and oozelets, slipped and dribbled down my throat. Horace Fletcher had nothing on me when it came to soda crackers.

has nothing on someone （ present singular third-person ）

having nothing on someone （ participle present ）

had nothing on someone （ participle past ）

had nothing on someone （ past ）