to give a sneck posset - Glite Dictionary

Examples

I wouldn't give a sneck posset for his opinion on the matter.
Do you give a sneck posset about the latest news?
Frank doesn’t give a sneck posset what people think of his clothes.
She claimed not to give a sneck posset about the outcome of the argument.
Frank doesn’t give a sneck posset what people think of his clothes.
I wouldn't give a sneck posset for his opinion on the matter.
She claimed not to give a sneck posset about the outcome of the argument.

Synonyms

to give a damn

vsto give a sneck posset

NSFW

172 8.8

To not care at all about someone or something

is an archaic informal term that means the same slight concern

to give a hoot

vsto give a sneck posset

Archaic

9 8.1

To not care at all about something

is an archaic informal form that means the same tiny concern

to give a rat

vsto give a sneck posset

Slang

9 9.9

To care at all about something

is an archaic informal expression meaning that same minimal concern

to give a rat's arse

vsto give a sneck posset

Offensive

1 9.9

To not care at all about something

is an archaic informal expression for the same slightest concern

to give a flying shit

vsto give a sneck posset

Offensive

1 9.9

To say in rude language that someone does not care at all

is an archaic informal expression rather than a modern vulgar form

to give a monkey's

vsto give a sneck posset

Slang

1 9.9

To not care at all about something, usually in negative sentences

is an older informal expression that shares that slightest concern sense

to care a hang

vsto give a sneck posset

Archaic

1 9.9

To feel no interest or worry at all about something

expresses the contrary, showing even the slightest amount of concern

to give a hang

vsto give a sneck posset

Archaic

9.3

To not care at all about something, used only in negative sentences

expresses the opposite position by indicating any slight concern

to care a jackstraw

vsto give a sneck posset

Archaic

9.9

To feel no interest or concern about something

expresses the opposite, indicating any small amount of concern

to care a pin

vsto give a sneck posset

Archaic

9.9

To not mind something at all

expresses the contrary, meaning some tiny degree of concern

to care a lottle

vsto give a sneck posset

UK

9.9

Not be very interested in something, said as a joke

expresses the opposite, meaning any slight concern rather than indifference

Antonyms

to disregard

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

How Concerned

to care

∞ 1.0

to give a sneck posset

Archaic

9.9

to could care less

Informal

1 9.1

Surface Forms

give a sneck posset infinitive

gave a sneck posset past

given a sneck posset past participle

giving a sneck posset present participle

gives a sneck posset third person singular

Morphology

give + a + sneck + posset

The phrase is archaic and contains obscure constituents ('sneck', 'posset') with no transparent, compositional relation to the sense 'to care at all'. Even if a learner knew 'give' and 'a', the overall idiomatic meaning cannot be predicted from the literal parts and is conventionalized like other 'give a X' idioms, so it would be opaque to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Give a sneck posset comes from a simple old image: a sneck was a tiny latch and a posset was a small warm drink, so together they named something very small and of little value. One popular story says that saying you would not even 'give a sneck posset' meant you would not give even that tiny thing, so the phrase came to mean 'to care at all', often used with 'not' to say someone does not care.