none to the worse
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Phrase
- (typically with for) Not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to).
- 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 272:
- […] 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.
Translations
not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to)
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Further reading
- “none the worse for”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “be none the worse”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “none the better/worse etc.” (US) / “none the better/worse etc” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “none the worse for”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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