not care/give a sod

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› to not be worried about other people's opinions or actions: I'm leaving and I don't give a sod (about) what Margaret thinks. She doesn't care a sod about her reputation.

(Definition of not care/give a sod from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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