no skin off one's nose
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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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no-show, nosh-up, no-side, nosing, no sir, no skin off one's nose, no smoke without fire, there's, noso-, no soap, nosocomial, nosogenesis
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