| 单词 | not to give a goddam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to give (also care) a (good) goddam Originally and chiefly U.S. not to give (also care) a (good) goddam and variants: not to care in the slightest. Hence in other dismissive (and chiefly negative) constructions. Cf. damn n. Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1847 R. Coulter Jrnl. 16 July in A. Peskin Volunteers (1991) v. 127 The colonel..allowed the men to cook as they thought proper..saying like a sulky school boy, ‘I don't care a God damn how you cook’. 1899 S. Crane in Anglo-Saxon Rev. Dec. 38 I don't give a God damn where you go, but when you get there, stay there, sir. 1921 E. Wilson in Liberator Sept. 15/1 I wouldun give a good goddam fer the Arcade! 1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River liv. 487 Do you think I care one good God-damn now for all the courts and laws that ever were? 1955 F. O' Connor Wise Blood v. 92 Why should I give a goddam what you are! 1971 J. McPhee Encounters with Archdruid iii. 240 Unregulated, the Colorado River wouldn't be worth a good God damn to anybody. 2008 Parade 20 Apr. 7/3 It was that..I just didn't give a goddamn. What changed is that I cared. < as lemmas |
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