mine de rien

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French

Etymology

Literally, "appearance of nothing", i.e. "it looked like nothing".

Pronunciation

Adverb

mine de rien

  1. (informal) discreetly, nonchalantly, unsuspiciously, innocently, sneakily
  2. (informal) without realising it; you wouldn't think so, but
    Je pensais que ça serait vite fini, mais mine de rien, ça fait déjà quatre heures qu'on travaille.
    Mine de rien, il a réussi avec grande distinction.

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