בְּלִי שֶׁמֶץ שֶׁל... לְלֹא שֶׁמֶץ...

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Without a trace of... / Not even a hint of...

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Without a bit of..., without even the slightest concern of..., without any trace or reproach of... (The word 'shmetz' can mean: a little, a hint, contempt, or reproach).

("A story about a man who called out to Rabbi Eliezer ‘Inform Jerusalem of its abominations.’ He was told: While you examine Jerusalem’s abominations – go and examine your mother’s. They examined him and found a trace of fault" – Megillah 25b; also: "May your children be like olive saplings, upright, and not have a trace of fault" – Rabbeinu Bachya, Genesis 34:1; also: "It was surprising that she treated the girl with such excessive affection, without the slightest trace of a woman’s jealousy" – Agnon, Tikhrekh Shel Sipurim, 72)