American Idioms and Expressions

Not Give/care Two Hoots About (someone Or Something) Idiom

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not give/care two hoots about (someone or something)
What does not give/care two hoots about (someone or something) mean?		 to not care at all about someone or somethingI do not give two hoots about what my neighbor thinks about me.

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