"No one" does not literally mean "not a single individual" in common English parlance, something that everyone (see what I did there?) here understands.
"No one" does not literally mean "not a single individual" in common English parlance, something that everyone (see what I did there?) here understands.
Yes it does. If I'm asked how many people are in the pool and I respond "no one", that means not a single individual.
It literally does mean that.
It figuratively does not.
You’re not going to change the meaning of two words, here…