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Meaning of think nothing of | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To consider as straightforward or normal an activity or situation others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.

Examples

“I had seen that my neighbours' door was open, but I thought nothing of it at the time, until I heard their house had been broken into.”

“He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

think of think of England think of the children think on think on one's feet think one hung the moon