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no hard feelings

Idioms  
  1. No resentment or anger, as in I hope there are no hard feelings about excluding your group. This idiom uses hard in the sense of “severe” or “harsh,” a usage dating from about a.d. 1000.


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I have no hard feelings about the price she is selling them for, but I found it odd that she felt the need to tell me about it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Cady, claiming no hard feelings, insinuates himself into their world, apparently friendly, apparently helpful, so that it’s not always clear what’s sincere and what’s strategy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

As if to prove there were no hard feelings, Mr. Scorsese cast Mr. Reiner as the dad of Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

But she said there were no hard feelings - and he still got an invite to the wedding, although he "politely declined because he is busy".

From BBC • May 17, 2024

It was as if everyone wanted to be sure there were no hard feelings or grudges.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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