help pl.

I can explain a related sentence:

He would not have joined that post for all the tea in China.

It means that he did not want to join the post, and no amount of money or convincing could persuade him otherwise.

Hi AlpheccaStars, Thank you very much for answering. My doubt is that your sentence as well as mine suggests two opposite meanings:
1. He joined the post.But not for all the tea in china(or for any undue gains ) as he was dead honest.
2.He he did not join the post. Because he saw something wrong.
pl help remove my doubt.

Hi,

He would not have joined that post . . .

You don't 'join' a post. You accept it, or take it.

Moe commonly we say 'job' or 'position' instead of 'post'.

Clive

MSoni1. He joined the post.But not for all the tea in china(or for any undue gains ) as he was dead honest.2.He he did not join the post. Because he saw something wrong. pl help remove my doubt.

It's 2. At least that's how most people would interpret it.

Nevertheless you are correct to see that theoretically there is often an ambiguity when you begin

Thank you so much for noticing and answering my question. Surely I got much relief.