| 单词 | to mind, value , be worth a fig or fig's end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mind, value (a person or thing), be worth a fig or fig's end a. As a type of anything small, valueless, or contemptible; also, †a dried fig; a fig's end. In phrases: †never a fig = not at all; (to †bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for; to mind, value (a person or thing), be worth a fig or fig's end. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible wretch?a1300 flea1388 figc1450 figo1589 fico1598 paltering1611 fig's enda1616 mockado1740 two pennyworth1851 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt > type of something contemptible figc1450 dish-clouta1529 figo1589 weak sauce1993 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 c1450 Crt. of Love xcviii A Figge for all her chastite! c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12206 He fortherit neuer a fyge with his fight yet. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 173 A feg for the fead, and a buttoun for the braggyne of all the heretikis..in Scotland. 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood i. 7 All Beere in Europe is not worth a figge. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 115 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If hee threaten as an enemie, a figge for his Monarchy. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) (at Figge) Not to care a figge for one, faire la figue à. 1634 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 557 Fumi umbra non emerim I will not give a fig's end for it. 1710 Brit. Apollo 3 3/1 No Man Does care a Fig for such a Woman. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 34 Pshah! a Fig for his Money! 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine vii We have it from nature, and so a fig for Miss Edgeworth. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ii. 56 Nor..is the young fellow worth a fig that would. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 A feg's end for it. 1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 185 Charlie does not care a fig about it. < as lemmas |
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