No Skin Off My Nose

PhilD | 20:09 Sun 13th Mar 2005 | Phrases & Sayings

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Where does the saying "No Skin Off My Nose" originate?

one word to describe exaggerated behaviour

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graemer

I believe it originated in boxing. If you weren't participating then you weren't going to lose any skin off the nose

Quizmonster

The earliest-recorded written version of this appeared in Sinclair Lewis's 'Main Street' published in 1920 as "no skin off my ear". Since then, it has appeared as "no skin off my.....", with the dots standing for just about any part of the human body! The "nose" version first appeared in 1925. The answer to your question is probably, therefore, that Sinclair Lewis 'invented' it.

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