Give a fig
"There is little evidence that the US president gives a fig about whether Greece gets debt relief but he may have more than a walk-on role because the US is the biggest shareholder at the Fund and has the power to veto any decision it doesn’t like." (The Guardian.)
Does "the US president gives a fig about..." mean "the US president doesn't care about..." in the above sentence?
Top answer
" (albeit the expression is in practice not used in a positive sense). ".
- " (albeit the expression is in practice not used in a positive sense).
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No, it would mean "the US president cares about ..." (albeit the expression is in practice not used in a positive sense). Overall, the suggestion is that the president does not care, but this is because of "There is little evidence ...".
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