单词 | not to care |
释义 | > as lemmasnot to care (a) not to care passes from the notion of ‘not to trouble oneself’, to those of ‘not to mind, not to regard or pay any deference or attention, to pay no respect, be indifferent’. Const. for, etc. ΘΚΠ 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 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 139 I departed fro my londe poure & exyled, but I dyd not care for it. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxii. 16 Master we knowe that thou..carest for no man. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O2v Ne ought he car'd, whom he endamaged By tortious wrong. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 15 What cares these roarers for the name of King? View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs v. iii. 28 in Purple Island Full little caren they To make their milkie mothers bleating stay. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋4 The young Man is rich, and, as the Vulgar say, needs not care for any body. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. iii I care not, Fortune, what you me deny. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. ii. 61 This important pass, which Philip did not care attempting to force. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iv. 174 In thy embrace what do I care for death. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 11 Cephalus appears not to care about riches. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 3 Men had almost ceased to care whether there be any moral order or not. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow I. 18 I don't care what people say. < as lemmas |
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