| 单词 | for what i know |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor what I (also you, etc.) know b. In expressions disclaiming knowledge, concern, etc., on the part of the speaker or someone else, esp. in for what I (also you, etc.) care, for what I (also you, etc.) know; cf. for all I care at care v. 2b, for all (that) —— knows at know v. Phrases 12. Cf. for prep. 25b. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1629 J. Gaule Distractions 487 The little I haue, may (for what I know) out-last my Life. 1685 G. Jeffreys Charge given by Lord Chief Justice 3 For what I know, the greatest part of this City had perished; and yet you are willing to believe it was Accident. 1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives ii. 16 Lord! Lord! your Head is always upon Cuckolding, All the Cuckolds may be hang'd, for what I care. 1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer ii. 33 He may go to Jericho for what I cares. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 22 She may die for what you know. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 247 It may have been murdered for what I can tell. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. viii. 175 Adam Bede and all his kin might be drownded for what you'd care. 1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. lx. 332 You may think, for what I care, what you please in such matters. 1988 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 12 June 101 When he died he allowed all his affairs to fall into the hands of his latest wife. She may be an angel for all I know, and for what I care. < as lemmas |
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