| 单词 | not to give a damn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to give a damn 2. Used vaguely (in unconventional speech) in phrases not worth a damn, not to care a damn, not to give a damn. (Cf. curse n. 2 ¶.) ΚΠ 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 198 Not that I care three dams what figure I may cut. 1817 Ld. Byron Diary in Wks. (1846) 423/1 A wrong..system, not worth a damn. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 15 Aug. (1941) 89 Boring some one who did not care a damn about the matter, so to speak. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Life & Lett. (1883) II. 257 How they settle the matter I care not, as the Duke [of Wellington] says, one twopenny damn. 1895 J. L. Williams Princeton Stories 165 I don't give a damn for the girl. 1929 Eugenics Rev. July 86/2 See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn. I wish I were a moron. My God! Perhaps I am! 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xviii. 263 I don't give a single, solitary damn. 1959 J. Cary Captive & Free i. 13 It was obvious, as one angry young woman remarked, that he didn't give a damn—and so they were enraged. not to give a curse (also damn) e. Used in negative contexts with various complements to indicate indifference or unconcern, as in not to give a curse (also damn), etc.; = care v. 4a(b). Cf. damn n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)] to put in no chaloir1477 not to care1490 to let the world wag (as it will)c1525 not to care a chip1556 to hang loose (to)1591 (to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632 not to careor matter a farthing1647 not to care a doit1660 (not) to care twopencea1744 not to give a curse (also damn)1763 not to care a dump1821 not to care beans1833 not to care a darn1840 not to give a darn1840 not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861 not to care (also give) a whoop1867 (to care) not a fouter1871 not to care (or give) a toss1876 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 je m'en fiche1889 not to care a dit(e)1907 je m'en fous1918 not to give a shit1918 to pay no nevermind1946 not to give a sod1949 not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960 not to give a stuff1974 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iii. 26 I would not give a button for my Play. 1763 T. Jefferson Let. 20 Jan. in Papers (1950) I. 7 I do not conceive that any thing can happen..which you would give a curse to know. 1895 J. L. Williams Princeton Stories 165 I don't give a damn for the girl. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 Nov. 1/3 Conductors who don't give a curse for the public. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 550 I don't give a bugger who he is. 1960 F. Raphael Limits of Love i. iii. 32 It'd be a wonderful thing to have a magazine that just didn't give a bugger what it said about anyone. 1969 Advertiser (Adelaide) 12 May 5/4 I don't give a bucket of dandruff for a bloke's lingo. < as lemmas |
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