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Idiom

give a rat's arse

Vulgar

Meaning

To care a minimum amount; to have or show minimal interest

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I do not give a rat's arse about his opinion.”

“She quit her job because she stopped giving a rat's arse about the company's goals.”

“After years of trying to please his critics, he finally realized he did not give a rat's arse what they thought of his work.”

Examples

simple

“I do not give a rat's arse about his opinion.”

contextual

“She quit her job because she stopped giving a rat's arse about the company's goals.”

complex

“After years of trying to please his critics, he finally realized he did not give a rat's arse what they thought of his work.”

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