| 单词 | not to care a rope's end for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to care a rope's end for not to care a rope's end for: to care nothing about (now rare); also † not to value (of) a rope's end (obsolete). ΚΠ 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 As for your Love or your liking, I don't value it of a Rope's end. 1710 S. Centlivre Bickerstaff's Burying i. 2 1 Sail. I care not a Rope's-end if she does. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxviii. 215 I don't value your crackers of a rope's end. 1797 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Wife I. xvii. 279 To show him they did not value him nor his jaw a rope's end. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks II. viii. 178 Uncle Bat..did not care a rope's end for Undy Scott. 1887 W. Besant World went very well Then (1888) xxix. 277 True or not true, I care not a rope's-end. 1925 E. Phillpotts Up Hill, down Dale 235 I..didn't care a rope's end who won the War. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。