身みに覚おぼえのない

expression, noun-modifying (irregular)

having no memory of doing; having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of

Fixed phrase used to deny involvement or memory of an action, often in the pattern 身に覚えのないこと or 身に覚えがない. The second gloss 'having nothing to do with' is a contextual extension, not a separate core meaning.

See also: 身に覚えのある

• 身みに覚おぼえのない請せい求きゅうが届とどいた。

  I received a bill for something I have no memory of.

• 彼かれは身みに覚おぼえのない罪つみで捕つかまった。

  He was arrested for a crime he had nothing to do with.