give a tinker's cuss



not give a tinker's cuss

  (British & Australian old-fashioned) also not give a tinker's damn (American old-fashioned)
to not be interested in or worried about something or someone (often + question word) I don't give a tinker's cuss what she thinks, I'll do what I want! He's never given a tinker's damn for me, or for any of the family.
See also: cuss, give

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gobinda-Bengali
BorysBAW-ris (Polish)Polish, Ukrainian
Imaculada-Portuguese
SaskiaSAHS-kee-ah: (Dutch), ZAHS-kee-ah (German)Dutch, German
Folcher-Ancient Germanic
EulÁLia-Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak