think nothing of
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
think nothing of (third-person singular simple present thinks nothing of, present participle thinking nothing of, simple past and past participle thought nothing of)
- To consider as straightforward or normal an activity others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.
- 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:
- He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].
Related terms[edit]
- think nothing of it (phrase)
References[edit]
- “think nothing of”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.