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No skin off his nose

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0 It means he doesn't care, it doesn't bother him. " 02br 02br 00I really couldn't care less if he doesn't want to come. 0-

— Abbie1948

  • 0 It means he doesn't care, it doesn't bother him.
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0 It means he doesn't care, it doesn't bother him. 02br
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00"If he doesn't want to come with us, it's no skin off my nose." 02br
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00I really couldn't care less if he doesn't want to come. 0-
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0 It can also extend to the more serious, meaning that there is no pain, suffering or loss for someone. 02br
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00A: Yeah sure, in this situation he suggests honesty is the best policy. There's no skin off his nose. But who's gonna end up in jail for this. Why has this bout of honesty struck him now? He's normally immune to such plights. 0-
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00That's a rather unusual concatenation, JT. 02br
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00Where on google did you find it? 02br
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0 It didn't seem sporting to add that 'there's no skin...' seems a somewhat 'non-standard' formation, too (rather like 'encumbent', in fact). 02br
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00Only 25 googles, against 4430 for 'It's no skin...' 02br
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00And most of those 25 are embedded in something which merely resembles English. (I suppose there'll be 26 shortly, come to think of it.) 0
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0 From: Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 02br
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00Skin Off Your Nose - A once popular theatrical greeting which originated in the 19th century when make-up was coarse and crude and its removal would tend to peel the skin off your face. The greeting was intended as a wish that the other person would remain in work and so keep using
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0 I suppose you didn't find anything on being 'immune to plights', Abbie, by any chance? 02br
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0 "Immune to plight" is not one I'm familiar with Mr. P. (sorry - not one with which I am familair). Is it perhaps from Spokeshave, maybe Lear? 02br
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00If I had to guess - which I will procede to do - (being immune to plight): 02br
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00' Plight' has several meanings, but in this phrase I imagine it is from the OE 'pliht' or 'pleoh' O Frisian/Middle
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0 Ah! I was taking it as: 02br
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00Middle English 01i00plit02i00 condition, from Anglo-French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin 01i00plicitum02i00 fold: 'an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation'. 02br
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00Spot on with Mr W.S., though – it's one of the sonnets from 'The Passionate Pilgrim', which is
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0Well, there you go! (refering to a different thread) 050010id1
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