no less than—(also: not less than)
1. at least the amount or number stated:
- Moscow expects no less than 5,000 Irish fans. Supporters of the Irish team will check in Moscow’s biggest hotels.
2. is used with the implication of surprise at the amount or number stated:
- They told us that no less than eleven ships were destroyed in this country by the ice last year.
nothing less than —(also: nothing short of ) nothing other than; quite equal to smth. mentioned:
- His policy became nothing less than a series of gigantic blunders.