no skin off one's teeth

English

Etymology

From a confusion of no skin off one's back/nose with by the skin of one's teeth.

Phrase

no skin off one's teeth

  1. Of no consequence to one.
    • 2014, George Donnelly, Lando Cruz and the Coup Conspiracy:
      No skin off our teeth, right, boys?
    • 2014, John Edward Terrell, A Talent for Friendship:
      IT IS NO skin off our teeth to grant that other creatures may have their wants, needs, and passions as well as varying degrees of intelligence, geniality, and perhaps compassion.
    • 2015, Glenn Beck, Agenda 21: Into the Shadows, page 321:
      So you're not interested in learning? No skin off my teeth.

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