| 单词 | not to matter a jackstraw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to matter a jackstraw 3. As the type of something worthless or insignificant. Frequently in negative contexts, as not to care a jackstraw, not to matter a jackstraw, etc. Cf. straw n.1 7a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > worthlessness ames-ace?a1300 noughtinessa1500 unworthness1587 worthlessness1604 vacuity1613 idlenessa1650 nothingness1652 unvaluableness1665 jackstraw1828 valuelessness1830 trashiness1857 dead-beatism1869 1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 261 The only thing about this place that's worth one jack-straw. 1841 Pennsylvania Inquirer & Daily Courier 9 Nov. What they offer for sale..does not matter a jackstraw. 1885 Leeds Mercury 16 Dec. 8/1 The Protestants of the North do not care a jackstraw about England. 1916 Munsey's Mag. Nov. 306/1 If either of my worthy friends suspected that I was not a good fellow, my life would not be worth a jack-straw. 1932 E. J. Craine Airplane Boys in Black Woods i. 16 I bet a jack-straw against the White House that he was congratulating himself that we didn't take it back from him. 2012 J. Sharpe Missouri Mastermind xii You've got three horny men trailing you, and they don't care a jackstraw about your ‘breeding’. < as lemmas |
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