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I've been thinking recently about all the qualities you need in order to be an actor. First and foremost, you've got to have a thick skin and give out an 'I don't give a monkey's what you think' kind of vibe, while at the same time really caring what everyone thinks. You've got to be tough and sensitive at the same time.
I love going into the centre of London because people don't give a monkey's about you or who you are. You can be in a restaurant and no one notices you or if they do they won't show it.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Chicago Tribune, o. C3, 21st August 1985 monkey's; monkey's fuck noun a
notional article of no value UK, i960 Used in the phrase '(not) give a monkey's
fuck', an elaboration of (not) GIVE A FUCK; generally reduced to '(not) give a
monkey's'.
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Used inthe phrase '(not) give a monkey's fuck', an elaboration of (not) GIVE A
FUCK; generally reduced to '(not) give a monkey's'UK, 1960 monkey seemonkey
do! a catchphrase warning against imitating an action,orof doingsomething that ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
give a monkey's fuck, not to. Not to care a damn: low: C.20. In later C.20 often
shortened, as in 'he couldn't give a monkey's'. See not care a... give a peg. See
AUSTRALIAN UNDERWORLD, in Appendix. give (a person) a piece of one's
mind.
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Communication Yearbook 15
... the episteme is reconcilable wit.h dialectical materialism--things like that, which
we argue about and read about and write about endlessly--doesn't it worry you
that ninety-nine point nine per cent of the population couldn't give a monkey's?
"idioms I'll be a monkey's uncle! old-fashioned used to show you are very
surprised . make a monkey out of sb to make someone appear stupid . not give a
monkey's uk slang If you don't/couldn't give a monkey'sabout something, you are
not at ...
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
See: you couldn't do it... couldn't drive nails in a snowbank and couldn't teach a
settin' hen to cluck are, among US cowboys, applied to 'an ignorant person': C20,
and prob. since latish C19. couldn't give a monkey's (orig.,...a monkey's fuck or ...
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Couldn't give a fuck Means the same as couldn'tgive a damn, but much ruder.***
Couldn't give a monkey's Means the same as couldn't give a damn. Couldn't give
a tinker's cuss Means the same as couldn't give a damn, but slightly less rude.
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
If you don't give a monkey's you do not care at all. This phrase, recorded from the
late 19th century, is a shortening of something ruder, such as don't give a
monkey's ass or f—. The slang sense of a monkey, for £500 (or, in Australia, $500
), ...
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The Succubus and Other Stories
I mean, it was getting late, I'd had a beer — half a beer on the job, and a bit more
before starting the shift — and, hey, I didn't give a monkey's. It didn't matter to me
then. But it's started to matter more and more as the years have gone by.
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The role and performance of Ofsted: second report of session ...
... you have the star system, where you might only have one star, but you have
the potential to improve — you are a good prospect for improvement. Councillor
Simmonds: It was famously said at Hillingdon that we didn't give a monkey's ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee, 2011
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A Tate gallery in Glasgow could save the union
The greater problem is that too many people on the Left here in Scotland have wrapped themselves in a flag and don't give a monkey's about ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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But many men couldn't give a monkey's about what they wear, or how they look. They, as one friend recently told me, avoid the mirror where ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
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They think I won't like the crowd, but I really don't give a monkey's one way or the other. "They'll always be those in the crowd that want to put ... «Darts.tv, Jun 15»
Special report: Fighting for hearts and minds as Scottish tennis faces …
"I don't really give a monkey's about trying to make the next Andy or whatever, because that's almost impossible. But at least if you get ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
London zoo scraps Zoo Lates parties
... London Zoo has made it perfectly clear that it doesn't give a monkey's about the individuals in its 'care'.” The zoo denies the events impact on ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Looking at gold mining stocks? These are the only ones to even …
Their entire business model is, currently, redundant. They could quite literally strike gold and nobody would give a monkey's. That is the brutal ... «MoneyWeek, Jun 15»
Ronnie Moore happy with early business but warns places are up …
“My view is that when we come back in for pre-season there'll be eleven pegs to challenge for and I don't give a monkey's who uses them on ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jun 15»
Forget MayPac - brilliant Brits breathe life into boxing
I don't give a monkey's, I just want to make the fight." Khan, who outpointed American Chris Algieri in New York on Friday, is set on a fight ... «BBC Sport, Mai 15»
