Oct 4, 2007 09:32
17 yrs ago
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English term
fortunetelle (X)
to give two hoots
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English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Literature
He had not given two hoots that he was an English pointer.
what does "not to give two hoots" mean?
what does "not to give two hoots" mean?
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| 4 +3 | couldn't care less, didn't care at all |
Marie-Hélène Hayles
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| 5 +3 | didn't care at all |
Nesrin
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Marie-Hélène Hayles
Native in English
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English
medicine - chemistry - pharmaceuticals
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, English
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English term (edited):
couldn't give two hoots
Selected
couldn't care less, didn't care at all
The phrase is only used in the negative or - at a push - interrogatory form and means couldn't care less (i.e. really don't care at all).
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: Good answer!
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Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 12 hrs
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English term (edited):
didn't give two hoots
didn't care at all
f you do not give a hoot about something or someone, you do not care about them at all.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/don't give two hoot...
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/don't give two hoot...
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Marie-Hélène Hayles
: great minds...
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Patricia Townshend (X)
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Sophia Finos (X)
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