if you don't mind me saying
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- Used to introduce one's opinion about something to which offence could be taken
- 1991, Shaukat Ṣiddīqī, God's own land: a novel of Pakistan:
- He addressed him politely: 'If you don't mind me saying so, you look a bit worried.' Salman answered him frankly: 'Well if I wasn't worried, do you think I'd come here to sell a thermos flask?'
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