You can quit helping me if you want to. I don't give a hang.
Some people don't care a rap about sports.
Bruce never goes to the dances; he does not care a straw about dancing.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
give a hang — • give a hang • care a brass farthing • care a button • care a damn • care a farthing • care a fig • care a hang • care a hoot • care a pin • care a rap • care a straw • care a whistle • care two pins about (from Idioms in Speech) in negative: to … Idioms and examples
give a hang — verb show no concern or interest; always used in the negative I don t give a hoot She doesn t give a damn about her job • Syn: ↑care a hang, ↑give a hoot, ↑give a damn • Verb Frames: Somebody s … Useful english dictionary
give a hang — or[care a hang] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have any interest or liking; care. Used also with other words in the place of hang , such as damn , rap , straw ; usually used in the negative. * /You can quit helping me if you want to. I don t give a… … Dictionary of American idioms
give a hang — or[care a hang] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have any interest or liking; care. Used also with other words in the place of hang , such as damn , rap , straw ; usually used in the negative. * /You can quit helping me if you want to. I don t give a… … Dictionary of American idioms
give a hang — or care a hang phrasal to be the least bit concerned or worried … New Collegiate Dictionary
not care (or give) a hang — informal not care at all. → hang … English new terms dictionary
hang — [haŋ] vt. HUNG, hanging; for vt. 3 & vi. 5, hanged is the preferred pt. & pp. hung [ME hangen, with form < OE vi. hangian & ON vi. hanga; senses < these, also < OE vt. hon & ON caus. v. hengja; akin to Ger vi. hangen, vt. hängen, to… … English World dictionary
hang — hangable, adj. hangability, n. /hang/, v., hung or (esp. for 4, 5, 20, 24) hanged; hanging; n. v.t. 1. to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 2. to attach or suspend so as to … Universalium
hang — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to be supported from above, esp. with the lower part free. b (foll. by up, on, on to, etc.) attach loosely by suspending from the top. 2 tr. set up (a door, gate, etc … Useful english dictionary
hang — [c]/hæŋ / (say hang) verb (hung or, especially for capital punishment and suicide, hanged, hanging) –verb (t) 1. to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above; suspend. 2. to suspend so as to allow free movement as on a… …
