单词 | couldn't care less |
释义 | couldn't care lessSEE SYNONYMS FOR couldn't care less ON THESAURUS.COM Also, could care less. Be completely indifferent. For example, Pick whatever dessert you want; I couldn't care less, or I could care less about the editor's opinion. This expression originated about 1940 in Britain and for a time invariably used couldn't. About 1960 could was occasionally substituted, and today both versions are used with approximately equal frequency, despite their being antonyms. Words nearby couldn't care lesscough reflex, cough syrup, cough up, could, couldn't, couldn't care less, couldst, coulee, coulibiac, coulibiaca, coulis The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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