单词 | to care twopence |
释义 | > as lemmas(not) to care twopence a. As type of a very small amount: now esp. in (not) to care twopence. Also for twopence, very easily, with the smallest encouragement. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 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 the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > very willingly with (also mid) all one's heartOE with a heart and a half1636 for twopence1934 1691 R. Baxter Reply to Mr. Beverley's Answer 2 All our righteousness is not worth two-pence. a1744 J. Bramston Art Politicks 193 He cares not two-pence for the land-tax bill. 1752 S. Foote Taste i. 18 It does not signify two Pence. 1894 G. W. Appleton Co-respondent I. 65 He asked me if you really cared twopence for Kate. 1934 R. H. Mottram Bumphrey's i. 37 I'm all heavy with that stuff. I could go to sleep for tuppence! a1960 E. M. Forster Maurice (1973) xxvi. 132 I'd jump out of the window for twopence. < as lemmas |
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