Learn English – What does the idiom “think nothing of” mean

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I have seen (in an online conversation) the idiom think nothing of <something> for the first time. (The context was more-or-less something like this: "I am surprised that intelligent people, who think nothing of calculating complicated integrals, cannot master basics of English grammar." This is just a paraphrase, you can replace integrals with any ability which is considered complicated and English grammar with anything considered relatively easy.)

I have seen the phrase think nothing of it in Wiktionary, when it is used as form of saying thank you. But this seems to be a different idiom.

When I searched for "who think nothing of", most occurrences I see could be understood as "who do not mind doing something". Although the first pages of search results are with negative connotations.

Best Answer

Oxford explains it:

Think nothing of - Consider (an activity others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult) as straightforward or normal.

In other words, when you do something unusual without thinking of others, you do it easily. The FreeDictionary explains it.