单词 | don't care was made to care |
释义 | > as lemmasdon't care was made to care Proverbial phrase (originally nursery). don't care was made to care: used as a reproving response to ‘I don't care’.Part of a rhyme: see quot. 1939. ΚΠ 1916 M. Diver Desmond's Daughter iii. xi. 251 Did they never tell you in the nursery that don't care was made to care? 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air ii. i. 51 If you said ‘Don't care’, she'd answer immediately: Don't care was made to care, Don't care was hung, Don't care was put in a pot And boiled till he was done. 1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 223 We don't know! We don't care! Well, don't care was made to care. < as lemmas |
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