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How to colloquially express indifference other than "I could take it or leave it?"

Formal version of "one off" [duplicate]

formality colloquialisms

How did "stuck-up" get to mean "snob"?

etymology american-english british-english slang colloquialisms

“so long as” vs. “as long as”

conjunctions formality colloquialisms comparisons so-vs-as

What is a "work wife"?

american-english british-english colloquialisms phrase-origin

Is there an idiom for people who boast too much?

single-word-requests expressions idioms colloquialisms idiom-requests

Which is correct: “I’m done” or “I have finished”?

american-english british-english formality colloquialisms

Is there a difference between "cheers" and "thanks" in colloquial British English?

british-english colloquialisms

What's the difference between "informal", "colloquial", "slang", and "vulgar"?

differences slang formality colloquialisms offensive-language

Why do we say "to boot"?

meaning phrases colloquialisms

Not "On the Rocks"

"Your fly is open" "You mean my flies?"

american-english british-english colloquialisms euphemisms

Is "my bad" a correct English phrase?

phrases grammaticality idioms colloquialisms

"A whole nother" way of looking at things

slang colloquialisms figures-of-speech rhetoric metanalysis

Clinton's “wonky”

etymology american-english slang colloquialisms

Why is taking a side street called a "rat run"?

etymology british-english slang colloquialisms

Is there a word for colloquial forms of address?

single-word-requests phrase-requests colloquialisms hailnames

Why do we say "try and" [verb] instead of "try to" [verb]? (E.g., "Try and call me tomorrow.")

etymology colloquialisms

What does "I'll kill that cat" in the play Dinner for One mean?

slang colloquialisms popular-refrains meaning

Is it acceptable to begin a declarative sentence with "Am"?

grammaticality verbs colloquialisms sentence-starts subject-drop