单词 | not to give a goldarn |
释义 | > as lemmasnot to give (also care) a (good) goldarn not to give (also care) a (good) goldarn and variants: not to care in the slightest. Hence in other dismissive (and chiefly negative) constructions. Cf. not to give (also care) a (good) goddam at goddam int., n.1, adj., and adv. Phrases. ΚΠ 1883 Weekly Music & Drama 27 Jan. 7/4 No, sir! I didn't keer a gaul durn for that. 1905 Railway Carmen's Jrnl. Nov. 694/1 A man isn't worth a goldarn till he's wed. 1945 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 15 May (City Final ed.) 6/1 It may be heathenish, but we don't intend to care a good goldarn what the Russians do to the Germans. 1992 R. Lee Defying Gravity vi. 98 She was weak and wimpy and an utter failure, and she didn't give a good goldarn. 2013 @pschaap 1 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) If someone says ‘crazy’ does that mean s/he really couldn't give a good goldarn about what the other person is saying? < as lemmas |
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