give a fig

English

Verb

give a fig (third-person singular simple present gives a fig, present participle giving a fig, simple past gave a fig, past participle given a fig)

1. (informal, negative) To care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:care

   I couldn't give a fig!

   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 28:

     The railroads owned by U.S. Steel have never given a fig for prestige so long as their owner's ore was hauled to the mills economically.

Translations

give a shit — see give a shit