not for nothing

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   for a very good reason

   Well, I used to date a pinball champ, not for nothing.

2. Editorial40% of films

   A spoken lead-in before a blunt, critical, or nosy remark, signaling the speaker is about to say it anyway.

   You know, Mookie, not for nothing,

   Hey, not for nothing, dude, but this kid really hates his mother.

In the movies · 5

• Well, I used to date a pinball champ, not for nothing.Mighty Aphrodite1995
• You know, Mookie, not for nothing,Do the Right Thing1989
• Hey, not for nothing, dude, but this kid really hates his mother.Win Win2011
• Oh Not for nothingBlack Adam2022
• Well, it's not for nothing that they call me.Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania2022
• Not for nothing, can't get me not to like you.The Internship2013
• lt has not been for nothing.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• - You got it. - And not for nothing, honey...Boogie Nights1997

Learn it in full scenes

• Mighty Aphrodite1995
  • Lenny and Amanda Debate a Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda Name the Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda's Hamptons Fight
• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded
• Win Win2011
  • Mike's Family Breakfast
  • Mike Stalls on a Broken Boiler
  • Mike Wants to Be Leo's Guardian

From the same entry

• be nothing to
• be nothing to do with
• for nothing
• have nothing on
• nothing but
• nothing if not
• nothing less than
• nothing like
• nothing much
• nothing to it
• there is nothing for it
• there is nothing in