to give a flying shit
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9.9
- idiom
- Offensive
:
importar un carajo (vulgar)
- Donald doesn't give a flying shit about anyone or anything other than himself, and that includes his own children, by the way.
Examples
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She claims she doesn't give a flying shit about what others think of her choices.
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I don't give a flying shit about the rumors; they don't matter to me.
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After the meeting, he said he didn't give a flying shit about the project anymore.
Synonyms
172
8.8
To not care at all about someone or something
9
8.1
To not care at all about something
9
9.9
To care at all about something
2
9.5
To not care at all about something
1
9.9
To not care at all about something
1
9.9
To not care at all about something, usually in negative sentences
1
9.9
To feel no interest or worry at all about something
To not care at all about something, used only in negative sentences
Not care at all about something
How Concerned
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2.2
- Offensive
1
9.9
- NSFW
172
8.8
71
4.6
- Informal
1
9.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
give + a + flying + shit
The phrase is a vulgar idiom where 'give a shit' means 'to care' and 'flying' merely intensifies the idiomatic sense; the literal meanings of 'give', 'flying', and 'shit' do not compose to 'care' in a transparent way. A B1 learner who knows the individual words is unlikely to derive the idiomatic meaning from the constituents without prior exposure, so it is not predictable.
Etymology
Give a flying shit creates a rude, clear picture: imagine give + shit with flying added, so you see someone tossing shit into the air where it flies away and is treated as useless. That's why saying 'I don't give a flying shit' means 'not care' at all.