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as if nothing had happened

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In a nonchalant manner, by ignoring the existence of a past event and pretending that nothing abnormal had occurred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: като че нищо не се беше случило (kato če ništo ne se beše slučilo) — Translations
  • Finnish: kuin mitään ei olisi tapahtunut — Translations
  • Finnish: kuin mitään ei olisi tapahtunutkaan — Translations
  • French: comme si de rien n'était — Translations
  • French: comme si de rien — Translations
  • Greek: σαν να μην έγινε τίποτα (san na min égine típota) — Translations
  • Greek: ούτε γάτα ούτε ζημιά (oúte gáta oúte zimiá) — Translations
  • Hungarian: mintha mi sem történt volna — Translations
  • Polish: jak gdyby nigdy nic — Translations
  • Russian: как ни в чём не быва́ло (kak ni v čom ne byválo) — Translations
  • Russian: хоть бы хны (xotʹ by xny) — Translations