(not) give a toss
(not) give a toss
slang To be concerned about someone or something. Typically used in the negative to convey the opposite. I don't give a toss about making money, I just want to do something with my life that makes life better for others. I haven't given a toss for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character. Do whatever you want, I don't give a toss.
See also: give, toss
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
not give a toss
BRITISH, INFORMAL, RUDECOMMON If you don't give a toss about something, you do not care about it at all. I didn't give a toss about society because it had never given a toss about me. `We couldn't give a toss what journalists think,' says the band's drummer. Note: In this expression, `toss' is a rude, slang word meaning to masturbate.
See also: give, not, toss
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
not give (or care) a toss
not care at all. British informal 1998 Country Life I have swum in the Dart only a few yards from a mink, and the mink has not given a toss.
See also: give, not, toss
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
not give a ˈtoss (about somebody/something)
(British English, slang) not care at all about somebody/something: I don’t give a toss what he thinks!See also: give, not, toss
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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- (not) give two hoots
- (not) care a toss
- (not) care a fig
- fig
- caring
- (not) care a hoot
- (not) care two hoots
- be (not) as black as (someone or something) is painted
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