| 单词 | not worth a curse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot worth a curse c. In such phrases as not worth a curse, not to care a curse, the expression possibly comes down from the Middle English not worth a kerse, kers, cres: see cress n. 2.But historical connection between the two is not evidenced, there being an interval of more than 300 years between the examples of the Middle English and the modern phrase; and damn (cf. care v. 4a) occurs as early as curse, so that the coincidence may be merely accidental. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial gnatc1000 ball play?c1225 smalla1250 triflec1290 fly1297 child's gamec1380 motec1390 mitec1400 child's playc1405 trufferyc1429 toyc1450 curiosity1474 fly-winga1500 neither mass nor matins1528 boys' play1538 nugament1543 knack?1544 fable1552 nincety-fincety1566 mouse1584 molehill1590 coot1594 scoff1594 nidgery1611 pin matter1611 triviality1611 minuity1612 feathera1616 fillip1621 rattle1622 fiddlesticka1625 apex1625 rush candle1628 punctilio1631 rushlight1635 notchet1637 peppercorn1638 petty John1640 emptiness1646 fool-fangle1647 nonny-no1652 crepundian1655 fly-biting1659 pushpin1660 whinny-whanny1673 whiffle1680 straw1692 two and a plack1692 fiddle1695 trivial1715 barley-strawa1721 nothingism1742 curse1763 nihility1765 minutia1782 bee's knee1797 minutiae1797 niff-naff1808 playwork1824 floccinaucity1829 trivialism1830 chicken feed1834 nonsensical1842 meemaw1862 infinitesimality1867 pinfall1868 fidfad1875 flummadiddle1882 quantité négligeable1885 quotidian1902 pipsqueak1905 hickey1909 piddle1910 cream puff1920 squat1934 administrivia1937 chickenshit1938 cream puff1938 diddly-squat1963 non-issue1965 Tinkertoy1972 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)] > attach little importance to not to care a curse1813 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of little worth at a pin's fee1603 vilely1616 not worth a curse1826 1763 T. Jefferson Let. 20 Jan. in Papers (1950) I. 7 I do not conceive that any thing can happen..which you would give a curse to know. 1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. ii. 93 For, as to wives, a Grand Signor Need never care one curse about them! 1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 357/1 The Chapter on Naval Inventions is not worth a curse. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 3 Oct. (1941) 109 He will not care a curse for what outward show he has lost. < as lemmas |
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