von mir aus

When I entered Germany, the passport control agent inspected my Lucky Luke comic book. Well, all right, maybe he didn’t inspect it, but he paged through it happily, and he was very glad to know I was learning German from it. So here’s an expression Lucky Luke has taught me: von mir aus. A humiliated villain stomps off, swearing undying revenge. The hero answers, “Von mir aus!”– “Whatever!” or “Like I care!”