"qu'à cela ne tienne" meaning in French

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      "form": "qu’ à cela ne tienne !",
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          "english": "\"Nevermind that,\" said Peronella, \"my husband is going to start on it in turn, to thoroughly clean it.\"",
          "ref": "1833, Émile Gebhart, “Boccace I”, in Revue des deux mondes, page 145:",
          "text": "« Qu’à cela ne tienne, dit Peronella, mon mari va s’y mettre à son tour, afin de le bien nettoyer. »",
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          "english": "\"Well no matter,\" replied Chicot, vehemently striking the shoulder of the monk,\"I too, am weary; I too, am hungry, & at the first inn that we find on our—\"",
          "ref": "1846, Alexandre Dumas père, chapter II, in La dame de Monsoreau, page 35:",
          "text": "Eh bien ! qu’à cela ne tienne, reprit Chicot en frappant gaillardement sur l’épaule du frocard, moi aussi je suis las ; moi aussi j’ai faim, et à la première hôtellerie que nous trouverons sur notre—",
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          "english": "Little matter, the Frenchman Dorian Godon has let it grow [his moustache] & it has brought him luck, since he won the second stage of the same Tour des Alpes Maritimes, on Sunday.",
          "ref": "2025 February 24, The editors, Le nouveau look \"surprenant\" de Remco Evenepoel:",
          "text": "Qu’à cela ne tienne, le Français Dorian Godon l’a laissée pousser et cela lui a porté chance puisqu’il a gagné la deuxième étape de ce même Tour des Alpes Maritimes, dimanche.",
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        "no matter! no big deal! so be it! fair enough! never mind that!"
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          "word": "ça ne fait rien"
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      "ipa": "/k‿a s(ə).la nə tjɛn/"
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  "word": "qu'à cela ne tienne"
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          "text": "Eh bien ! qu’à cela ne tienne, reprit Chicot en frappant gaillardement sur l’épaule du frocard, moi aussi je suis las ; moi aussi j’ai faim, et à la première hôtellerie que nous trouverons sur notre—",
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          "ref": "2025 February 24, The editors, Le nouveau look \"surprenant\" de Remco Evenepoel:",
          "text": "Qu’à cela ne tienne, le Français Dorian Godon l’a laissée pousser et cela lui a porté chance puisqu’il a gagné la deuxième étape de ce même Tour des Alpes Maritimes, dimanche.",
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