"como quien no quiere la cosa" meaning in Spanish

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          "english": "Every so often The Lord put his hand up his sleeve and brought out a cherry to eat, and without a care in the world, accidentally or on purpose, would drop another on the ground, which Saint Peter, without idleness, would bend down to scoop up and eat.",
          "ref": "1896, Ricardo Palma, Tradiciones peruanas - Octava serie",
          "text": "El Señor, de rato en rato, metía la mano en la manga y llevaba a la boca una cereza; y como quien no quiere la cosa, al descuido y con cuidado dejaba caer otra, que San Pedro sin hacerse el remolón se agachaba a recoger, engulléndosela en el acto.",
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          "english": "And when I make a move to speak to him, as if it were unwillingly, about where our relationship is heading, he pretends not to hear and acts like he's doing something else",
          "ref": "1921, Miguel de Unamuno, La tía Tula",
          "text": "Y cuando le tiro algún avance y le hablo, así como quien no quiere la cosa, del fin que deben tener nuestras relaciones, hace como que no oye y como si estuviera atendiendo a otra",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2013, Juan José Bocaranda, No Son Cuentos",
          "text": "pretende, como quien no quiere la cosa, que tú le cubras los gastos;",
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        "just like that; as if it were nothing; without a care in the world"
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        "(idiomatic) just like that; as if it were nothing; without a care in the world"
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        "on the Q.T."
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        "(idiomatic) on the Q.T."
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  "word": "como quien no quiere la cosa"
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          "text": "El Señor, de rato en rato, metía la mano en la manga y llevaba a la boca una cereza; y como quien no quiere la cosa, al descuido y con cuidado dejaba caer otra, que San Pedro sin hacerse el remolón se agachaba a recoger, engulléndosela en el acto.",
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