Re: I don't give a rat's ass.

Pablo Flores escribió:

> bjm10@CORNELL.EDU <bjm10@...> wrote:
>
> >When one doesn't give any of the above in English, one means that one
> >doesn't care about something, and quite vehemently so.  What are
> >non-English colorful phrases to mean "I don't care about" something?
>
> In Spanish:
>
> No me importa...
>     un pito       (a whistle/a penis)
>     un comino     (this is a kind of spice)
>     un corno      (< un cuerno 'a horn'?)
>     un carajo     (plain expletive)
>     una mierda    (*a shit)
>     un soto/choto (meaningless, though usu. 'penis')
Well, I would use "Me importa ..." (afirmative sentence).  And some
posibilities:

Me importa...
    un bledo    (some kind of old coin)
    un culo    (ass)
    un carajo

One expression common in Colombia is: "me vale huevo" (it is worth an
egg/nut to me).

-- Carlos Th