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Definition

No harm to one.

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Origins

This saying has been attributed to originating in boxing as a minor blow taking no skin off. See: The American Heritage Dictionary Of Idioms, Second Edition Paperback – February 26, 2013 by Christine Ammer and Random House Dictionary of America's Popular Proverbs and Sayings: Second Edition Paperback – April 18, 2000 by Gregory Titelman.

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In Context

  • "You can be as critical of them as you like. It's no skin off my nose."
  • "There was no skin off our nose; however the LAC [local area commander] had different ideas."
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