| 词组 | no harm, no foul |
| 释义 | Idiom no harm, no foul there is no problem if no serious damage was done.In his excitement, he deleted all the files, but they were restored later from a backup copy — no harm, no foul. Etymology: from the use of this phrase in basketball (= a sport) to say that if an action that is against the rules has no effect on the results of the game, there should be no foul (= punishment) no harm, no foulIf there was no bad outcome to an action, then there's no need to be angry or upset about it. A: "Oh, excuse me! I'm so sorry for knocking over your glass!" B: "It's OK, it was empty. No harm, no foul!" |
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