Meaning of give a monkey's | Babel Free

Definitions

To care; to have an interest or concern.

UK, idiomatic, informal

Examples

“He knows what he can do with his calendars. I don't give⟳ a monkey's. I'm leaving. I've got another job.”

“I couldn't give⟳ a monkey's. What I am interested in is the things that drive⟳ the big numbers.”

“Though a huge majority of the population may have⟳ continued not to give⟳ a monkey's for Derrida, Lacan, or Foucault themselves […]”

“A friend living in France reports that the French don't give⟳ a monkey's about unpasteurized dairy products (cheese, etc.) but that they are completely paranoid about le toxoplasmosis.”

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