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.

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Meanings

phrase

alternative no more Mr Nice Guy · alternative no more Mister 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
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    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

    "I'm outta here. Kian, watch yourself please," Bobby said. "Bobby, watch yourself please," Kian said, sarcastic. "That's it Kian. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Do not get in my way. You..." Bobby said.

    2007, Gene W. Kidd, Spotlight, →ISBN, page 141

    Trump’s declaration that there will be hell to pay if the hostages are not released by the time of his inauguration sets the tone for his second term, which is basically “no more Mr Nice Guy”.

    2025 January 28, Rebecca Weisser, “Looking Forward”, in Quadrant Magazine, volume 69, number 1, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 5

Origin

The phrase was originated by American gossip journalist 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.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no more Mr. Nice Guy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20more%20Mr.%20Nice%20Guy.

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