give a hang
A mildly old-fashioned but still understood slang idiom meaning to care at all — almost always used in the negative: 'I don't give a hang.' It's a gentler, more polite version of stronger expressions meaning the same thing, making it safe for family-friendly settings or anyone who wants to express total indifference without dropping anything offensive.
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A mildly old-fashioned but still understood slang idiom meaning to care at all — almost always used in the negative: 'I don't give a hang.' It's a gentler, more polite version of stronger expressions meaning the same thing, making it safe for family-friendly settings or anyone who wants to express total indifference without dropping anything offensive. Think of it as the PG-rated cousin of 'don't give a damn.' It conveys dismissiveness with a certain folksy charm.
She said she didn't give a hang what people thought about her career change — she was doing what made her happy.
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(slang, idiom) give a hoot; give a damn.
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