not care a straw
werkwoord
Roget 930:
despise,
contemn,
scorn,
disdain,
feel contempt for,
view with a scornful eye;
disregard,
slight,
not mind;
pass by
etc.
(neglect)
460.
look down upon;
hold cheap,
hold in contempt,
hold in disrespect;
think nothing of,
think small beer of;
make light of;
underestimate
etc.
483;
esteem slightly,
esteem of small or no account;
take no account of,
care nothing for;
set no store by;
not care a straw,
sneeze at
etc.
(unimportance)
643;
set at naught,
laugh in one's sleeve,
laugh up one's sleeve,
snap one's fingers at,
shrug one's shoulders,
turn up one's nose at,
pooh-pooh,
damn with faint praise"
[Pope];
whistle at,
sneer at;
curl up one's lip,
toss the head,
traiter de haut enbas [Fr.];
laugh at
etc.
(be disrespectful)
929.
point the finger of scorn,
hold up to scorn,
laugh to scorn;
scout,
hoot,
flout,
hiss,
scoff at.
turn one's back upon,
turn a cold shoulder upon;
tread upon,
trample upon,
trample under foot;
spurn,
kick;
fling to the winds
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
send away with a flea in the ear.
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