give a fig
English
Verb
give a fig (third-person singular simple present gives a fig, present participle giving a fig, simple past gave a fig, past participle given a fig)
- (Britain, slang) To care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.
- I couldn't give a fig!
Synonyms
- give a damn
- give a fuck
- give a light
- give a monkey's
- give a rat's arse
- give a shit
- give a tinker's cuss
- give a tinker's damn
- give a toss
- give two hoots
- give two shits
- care a fig
- Rest of the above, but with "give" replaced with "care".
Translations
give a shit — see give a shit
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