damn

damn all nothing at all. British informal

damn someone or something with faint praise praise someone or something so unenthusiastically as to imply condemnation.

☞ This expression comes from the poet Alexander Pope's 'Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735): 'Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer'.

2013The Age (Melbourne) Some commentators have damned the government with faint praise, saying there is 'not a lot that is wildly illogical' or admiring the changes' 'virtue in clarity' in terms of the 'plain English' titles.

not give a damn not care at all. informal

1998Penelope LivelySpiderweb The boys knew that the teachers didn't like them and they didn't give a damn.

not worth a damn having no value or validity at all. informal

词组	damn
释义	damn damn all nothing at all. British informal damn someone or something with faint praise praise someone or something so unenthusiastically as to imply condemnation. ☞ This expression comes from the poet Alexander Pope's 'Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735): 'Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer'. 2013The Age (Melbourne) Some commentators have damned the government with faint praise, saying there is 'not a lot that is wildly illogical' or admiring the changes' 'virtue in clarity' in terms of the 'plain English' titles. not give a damn not care at all. informal 1998Penelope LivelySpiderweb The boys knew that the teachers didn't like them and they didn't give a damn. not worth a damn having no value or validity at all. informal
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