Using "ni" in a sentence

Question

"esos colores no pegan ni con cola" "those colors don't match at all"

Can you connect these two sentences for me?

Answer 1

It's very colloquial, and it's more or less like saying:

Those colours don't stick together (don't match) not even with glue!

This is, they don't match at all.

Answer 2

No pegar ni con cola is an idiomatic phrase meaning These colors do not stick even if we glue them together. They would not match even if we tried to.

No ni is the equivalent or neither nor in English.

Ella no estudia ni trabaja. She neither studies nor works.

No te quiero ver ni en pintura. I don't want to see you even if it's in a painting of you is another idiomatic expression meaning I don't want to see you anymore.

Answer 3

Those colors don't match at all. Esos colores no coinciden en todo.

Answer 4

Think of "ni" in this case as the English "nor"