san fairy ann

Definitions

It doesn't matter.

Australia, New-Zealand, UK, humorous, obsolete, slang

Examples

““[…] It seems scrounging for fuel ’ad reached such a pitch in the village […] But our washing ’ad to be done, ’an I thought if I got the whole of this football team scrounging they might find⟳ something as everyone else ’ad overlooked.[…]” / “‘Very well,’ says I, ‘San fairy ann. Napoo [i.e., n’y a plus] washing—napoo ball.’[…]””

‘Very well,’ says I, ‘it doesn't matter. No more washing—no more ball.’

“We said he were wonderful brave dog about Upstart, which me and Slippers would not have⟳ taken on. He said: "Fairy Ann! Fairy Ann!" But he were most-happy dog.”

“We stood to attention for a seeming eternity while the Adjutant, a runt-like little Guards captain, proceeded at a snail's pace along the ranks, closely attended by the dreaded R.S.M. Copp. […] His [Copp's] choicest utterance was 'I've had enough of your San-Fairy-Ann [ça ne me fait rien] attitude!' – was this an echo of 1914-18 or of our earlier wars against the French?”

“Occasionally, when he has had too much to drink⟳, he'll give⟳ voice to his disappointments, but Sarah only smiles at that and blows him a kiss and says, San Fairy Ann, dear, San Fairy Ann, and he will give⟳ up trying to explain⟳.”

“[G]oo-on, he says, goo-on, I'll give⟳ you 'alf, Morris, he says if she [a racehorse] romps home, romp, did she bloody romp, she ran like⟳ the clappers out of hell, dropped dead two hours after in her trailer but san-fairy-ann, what's that to me, and where's my fiver?”

“‘Ça ne fait rien.’ / ‘San fairy Ann,’ she laughed. ‘Well, I suppose⟳ that’s English now, in a way.’ / ‘That’s what some of the soldiers say⟳, san fairy Ann,’ one of the children piped. ‘What does it mean⟳?’ / ‘Eet doesen’t matair.’”

“As Mrs. Jarvie loves to say⟳ "San fairy ann," or in other words, fuck it.”

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