Es interessiert sie nicht die Bohne, - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of Es interessiert sie nicht die Bohne,

Conges terminology question

184 months ago

edata47 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Es interessiert sie nicht die Bohne,
Context:	Es interessiert sie nicht die Bohne, ob der Ball ins Tor geht
Keywords:	It doesn't give a monkey?

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184 months ago

Übersetzen/Dolmetschen/Texten/Korrekturlesen wrote:

they (she) could not care less

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184 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

did not care a fig whether/ was not interested at all/ did not give an damn about

My comment:

any of them

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184 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

She could not care a fig

My comment:

Thomas Jefferson used this phrase.

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Thomas Jefferson used this phrase.

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184 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

They don't care two hoots whether the ball hits the goal.

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184 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

they are not interested at all ...

My comment:

They don't give a ... (it ALL fits here, depending on the "niveau") ;-)

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184 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

she couldn't care less

My comment:

I think just say "she couldn't care less whether the ball went into the goal or not"

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184 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

she couldn't care less whether or not the ball made it into the goal

My comment:

I have also heard British English (I'm American): "she didn't care a fig about whether ... "
Another good one is: "she wasn't the slightest bit interested in whether ... "

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Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

184 months ago

Christine C. wrote:

Frederick, I was going to write the exact same thing as you did. How odd is that ;)?

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