| 单词 | not to care a rap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to care (also give, matter, be worth, etc.) a rap c. figurative. A jot; the least bit. Chiefly in negative contexts, as not to care (also give, matter, be worth, etc.) a rap. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount > a jot cornc888 grotc888 prickleOE prickOE pointc1300 grain1377 hair1377 motec1390 twynt1399 mitec1400 tarec1405 drop1413 ace?1440 tittlea1450 whita1450 jot1526 Jack1530 plack1530 farthingc1540 minima1585 scintil1599 atom1626 scintillation1650 punct1653 doit1660 scintilla1674 rap1792 haet1802 dottle1808 smiggot1823 hooter1839 heartbeat1855 pick1866 filament1868 hoot1878 1792 T. Hurlstone Just in Time iii. 60 O'Liffey would not give a rap for your love, unless your heart was flung into the bargain. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 361 For the Mare-with-three-legs [sc. the gallows], boys, I care not a rap. 1862 W. C. Bennett Poems & Ballads 76 The player was one not worth a rap. 1875 Punch 18 Sept. 113/2 It don't matter a rap whether it's rough or fine. 1928 B. Shaw Intell. Woman's Guide Socialism (1929) xx. 66 She..does not care a rap whether other women are well-dressed or not. 1963 A. Clarke Flight to Afr. 44 Bad ones, who do not give a rap For law. 2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. a14 All the other worthy reforms..are not going to be worth a rap if the buildings continue to fall apart. < as lemmas |
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