not give a tinker's cuss
UK (US not give a tinker's damn) old-fashioned informalDefinition
› to not be interested in or worried about something or someone: I couldn't give a tinker's damn about what they think.Expressions meaning 'it isn't important to me'
(Definition of not give a tinker's cuss from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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not get a word in edgeways idiom
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not get over sth idiom
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not get/go anywhere idiom
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not give a monkey's idiom
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not give a shit idiom
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not give much for sb's chances idiom
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not give tuppence for sth idiom
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not give/budge/move an inch idiom
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not give/care a damn idiom
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not give/care a toss idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- be all the same to sb idiom
- be no skin off sb's nose idiom
- big deal! idiom
- bully for sb idiom
- for all sb cares/knows idiom
- I'm not fussy/fussed idiom
- not care/give a fig idiom
- not care/give tuppence idiom
- not care/give two hoots idiom
- not give a monkey's idiom
- not give tuppence for sth idiom
- not give/care a toss idiom
- not matter tuppence idiom
- so what? idiom
- That's not saying much. idiom
- what of it? idiom
- what the heck idiom
- what the hell idiom
- whatever adverb (DISRESPECT)
- whoop-de-doo exclamation
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