no skin off one's teeth in English

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Etymology: From a confusion of no skin off one's back/nose with by the skin of one's teeth. Etymology templates: {{m|en|no skin off one's back}} no skin off one's back, {{m|en|no skin off one's nose|nose}} nose, {{m|en|by the skin of one's teeth}} by the skin of one's teeth Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} no skin off one's teeth

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          "ref": "2014, George Donnelly, Lando Cruz and the Coup Conspiracy",
          "text": "No skin off our teeth, right, boys?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, John Edward Terrell, A Talent for Friendship",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Glenn Beck, Agenda 21: Into the Shadows, page 321",
          "text": "So you're not interested in learning? No skin off my teeth.",
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        "Of no consequence to one."
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          "word": "no skin off one's nose"
        }
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  "word": "no skin off one's teeth"
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      },
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"no skin off one's teeth" meaning in English

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