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none the wiser
Idioms and Phrases
Knowing no more than before, as in He tried to explain the tax structure, but in the end I was none the wiser . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
“This effectively allows operators to charge the customer for 13 months a year instead of 12,” Bradshaw explains, “and most customers are none the wiser.”
The mission — despite its imperfections, obstacles, and delays — was accomplished, and the thousands of attendees who enjoyed its offerings were none the wiser to its taxing beginnings.
We could have stood here beyond the allotted three questions and asked three hundred more and the truth, probably, is that at the end of it we’d have been none the wiser about what goes on inside the head of this gifted but flawed genius on days like these.
In an example I reported back in 2022, the new Respect for Marriage Act became law only after a toxic interpretation of religious freedom was injected, with some Democrats none the wiser.
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe is still pondering a final decision on the future of Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, he will be none the wiser after his visit to Old Trafford to watch another chaotic meeting with Liverpool.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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