como quien no quiere la cosa
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "like someone who doesn't want the thing" and may also be written "como el que no quiere la cosa."
como quien no quiere la cosa
A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
1. (colloquial) (idiom) (surreptitiously)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. casually
Como quien no quiere la cosa, Barry fue dirigiéndose hacia la puerta.Barry walked casually toward the door.
b. slyly
Como quien no quiere la cosa, Guille metía en su bolsillo las propinas que los clientes dejaban a los meseros.Guille would slyly put in his pockets the tips the customers left for the waiters.
2. (colloquial) (idiom) (in an apparently unconscious manner)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. as if it were nothing
La noche del viernes, Edna se gastó el sueldo de una semana como quien no quiere la cosa.On Friday night, Edna spent a week's wages as if it were nothing.
b. just like that
No puedes decirle que la dejas y marcharte como quien no quiere la cosa.You can't tell her you're leaving her and walk away just like that.
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