ekki baun
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally “not a bean”. The phrase is quite old; it is related to an older analogy of saying that something is less of a bellyful than a single bean, as a bean is quite small and insignificant.
Ekki baun í bala is a more recent saying.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (colloquial) not at all, absolutely not, absolutely nothing
- Ég skil ekki baun. ― I don't understand one iota.
- Hann er ekki búinn að gera baun í allan dag. ― He hasn't done anything at all today.
- Það var ekki baun vont að fara í endajaxlatöku. ― Getting my wisdom teeth out didn't hurt one bit.