gnat's
English
editEtymology
editShortened from various (often vulgar) phrases for parts of the anatomy of a gnat, a very tiny insect. These include gnat's arse/gnat's ass, gnat's chuff, gnat's prick, and gnat's whisker.
Noun
edit- (slang) A very tiny thing or distance; a whit; a jot; something of no consequence.
- 2013, Catherine Robertson, The Misplaced Affections of Charlotte Fforbes:
- The building project will be a gnat's away from being finished.