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no harm, no foul |
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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) See also: foul How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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