Meanings
- typically with forNot damaged or affected negatively (by/due to).
I rose from the ground, somewhat tottering, and miry, and crest-fallen, but otherwise none the worse (having fallen upon my head, which is of uncommon substance)
1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XI, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC1 more example
[…] the lowest boiler pressure—220 lb. per sq. in.—goes with the largest cylinder volume, and the highest—280 lb. per sq. in.—with the smallest cylinder volume—which is, of course, obvious, but is none the worse for being repeated.
1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 272
Translations
Hungarian meg se kottyan (neki), kutya/semmi baja (sem lesz/esik/történik tőle)
- meg se kottyan (neki)not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to)
- kutya/semmi baja (sem lesz/esik/történik tőle)not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to)
- nem árt (neki)not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to)
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