bother about (someone or something)
bother about (someone or something)
1. To expend one's energy considering or addressing a particular person or issue. Often used in the negative to convey the opposite. Oh, don't bother about that commotion—things are always falling off the shelves in our basement. The teacher never bothered about those of us in the back of class, knowing we'd just flunk the tests if we weren't paying attention.
2. To disturb or irritate someone by involving them in a particular issue. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "bother" and "about." He needs to stop bothering me about his issues with computer system, because there's nothing I can do to fix the problem. I'm sorry to bother you about this, but I really need your approval on my financial report.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bother about something
to care about something; to take the trouble to deal with something. Please don't bother about this mess. I'll clean it up. Don't bother about it.
See also: bother
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bother about
- bother with
- bother with (someone or something)
- the done thing
- (not) give a toss
- (not) give a fig
- expend (something) on (someone or something)
- expend on
- (not) care a fig
- (not) care a toss