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- no skin off one's nose
no skin off one's nose
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]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Kata | | KAH-tah (Finnish) | Hungarian, Finnish, Croatian |
| Amanda | | [ə'mændə] | |
| Kelli | | KEL-ee | English |
| ValĒRija | | - | Latvian |
| Valeri | | vah-LYE-ree (Russian) | Bulgarian, Georgian, Russian |
| Ildefonso | | - | Spanish |