No harm done
Informal Polite
What it really means
A friendly way to accept an apology, meaning "nothing bad happened, let us forget it". It genuinely closes the matter — no further apology is needed.
Chinese explanation
接受道歉的友好说法，意思是没造成什么损失、就此揭过。这句话是真心结束话题，不需要再继续道歉了。
Example conversation
A: Sorry — I sent that email to the wrong Sarah.
B: No harm done. She forwarded it straight to me.
A：抱歉——我把邮件发给另一个萨拉了。
B：没什么损失，她直接转给我了。
What you could say back
No spoken reply needed for this one.
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