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mine de rien

/min də ʁjɛ̃/

adverb/min də ʁjɛ̃/

discreetly, nonchalantly, unsuspiciously, innocently, sneakily; without realising it; you wouldn't think so, but

Je pensais que ça serait vite fini, mais mine de rien, ça fait déjà quatre heures qu'on travaille.

Literally, “appearance of nothing”, or more loosely translated as “it looked like nothing”.

mine de rien — French Dictionary | Passage