devil-may-care manner

devil-may-care manner

A reckless, nonchalant attitude or way of doing things, especially toward risks or consequences. I can't believe he went out on his motorcycle in this rain. He lives his life in a devil-may-care manner that's going to get him killed. If you keep treating your finances in this devil-may-care manner, you'll be broke in no time.
See also: manner
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • devil-may-care
  • devil-may-care attitude
  • take a gander at
  • take a gander at someone/something
  • biker
  • take a Captain Cook
  • have a Captain Cook
  • have a look (at someone or something)
  • take a look (at someone or something)
  • take a look at
References in periodicals archive
And, with a ready smile and a chancer's heart pulsing under his silk shirt, he was the sort of fellow seen as "dangerous" by mothers whose daughters were drawn like flies to his swollen wallet and devil-may-care manner.
Still playing the devil at his own game?; Ghost Trails