level playing field
even-stevens
no skin off one's teeth
have someone there
back to the wall
reluctant dragon
nosuh
prejudice
no use
Kobayashi Maru
neutral
persona non grata
rank outsider
unmotivated
unwelcome person
shitbucket
fuckbucket
all one
bad medicine
absolute zero
amoral
hot potato
effectless
sparrow-fart
buay tank
mamihlapinatapai
underprivileged
Vietnam
grudge
nonincentive
disinterested
on a losing wicket
nobody
damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
complacent
inertia
refusant
raw deal
irrelative
uncompromising
short end of the stick
sidelessness
nobody's
unperson
absurd
nonperson
whistle for
none of someone's business
have someone by the short hairs
pass over
opposing
I am not
unfit
preemptive
nonreactor
take
exact
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
hold hostage
claim
unwanted
unlaw
injuria sine damno
unmediated
sour note
it's someone's funeral
direct
no-sell
go fish
fence-sitting
ex parte
free ride
reluctance
inconsequential
inopportune
not my circus, not my monkeys
stonewalling
inefficacious
not have a prayer
no-fault
gooseberry
shitting match
uncompensated
unrewardable
unarguable
nonbeneficial
inarguable
pissing contest
nonessentiality
dead-end
dead end
neuter
bludge
noncooperationist
refusenik
aggrieved
out of control
barroom brawl
have nothing on someone
unclean