no skin off one's teeth

English

Etymology

From a confusion of no skin off one's back/nose with by the skin of one's teeth.

Phrase

no skin off one's teeth

1. Of no consequence to one.
   • 2014, George Donnelly, Lando Cruz and the Coup Conspiracy:

     No skin off our teeth, right, boys?

   • 2014, John Edward Terrell, A Talent for Friendship:

     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.

   • 2015, Glenn Beck, Agenda 21: Into the Shadows, page 321:

     So you're not interested in learning? No skin off my teeth.

Synonyms

• no skin off one's back
• no skin off one's nose