no skin off one's nose
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no skin off one's nose
Not harmful or bothersome to one, as in I don't care if you stay home--it's no skin off my nose. This expression probably arose in boxing, but there is no evidence to prove it. [Early 1900s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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