tinker's damn
Something utterly insignificant
A tinker's damn (also tinker's dam) is something worthless or trivial, used almost exclusively in the phrase not worth a tinker's damn or not give a tinker's damn: I don't give a tinker's damn what they think.
The expression suggests that even the mildest oath from a lowly tinker—an itinerant mender of pots and pans—carried no weight.
Complete absence of concern
- brass farthingSmallest former British coin
- hill of beansTrivial, worthless amount
- two centsInformal term for opinion
- red centIdiomatic worthless sum
wooden nickel · fig · straw · hoot · whit · jot · iota · plugged nickel
Absence of worry
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- couldn't care lessComplete absence of concern
heedlessness · insouciance · disinterest · detachment · impassivity · aloofness · dismissiveness · inattention
Lacking any value
- valuelessHaving no worth
- negligibleToo small to consider
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
trifling · insignificant · paltry · meaningless · futile · useless · pointless · nugatory
couldn't care less
Complete absence of concern
- brass farthingSmallest former British coin
- hill of beansTrivial, worthless amount
- two centsInformal term for opinion
red cent · wooden nickel · fig · straw · hoot · whit · jot · iota · plugged nickel · darn
unconcern
Absence of worry
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
couldn't care less · heedlessness · insouciance · disinterest · detachment · impassivity · aloofness · dismissiveness · inattention · neglect
worthless
Lacking any value
- valuelessHaving no worth
- negligibleToo small to consider
- trivialLacking significance or weight
inconsequential · trifling · insignificant · paltry · meaningless · futile · useless · pointless · nugatory · immaterial
tinker's damnking's ransom
Enormous sum of money
fortune · treasure · gold mine · crown jewels · pot of gold
tinker's damnmatter of life and death
Situation with fatal consequences
big deal · world of difference · world · everything · top priority
tinker, tinkerer, tinkering, tinkers, tinkered, damn, damns, damned, damning