da doi bani

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Romanian

Verb

a da doi bani (third-person singular present dă doi bani, past participle dat doi bani) 1st conj.

  1. (chiefly in the negative, informal) to hold a modicum of care or regard for something
    • 1980, Marin Preda, Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni, 2nd edition, volume 1, Bucharest: Cartea Românească, published 1984, page 201:
      Așadar nu dădea doi bani pe ideal meu de a mă afirma ca filozof, cum nu dăduse nici pe activitatea poetică a lui Petrică.
      Therefore he couldn’t care less about my dream of asserting myself as a philosopher, just as he hadn’t cared about Petrică’s poetic work.
    • 1980, Radu F. Alexandru, Buna zi de mîine, Bucharest: Cartea Românească, page 142:
      Auzi, tu de le știi pe toate, ce zici : mai azi cineva doi bani pe unu’ ca mine ? !
      Hey, you who knows it all, what do you think: does anyone give a damn for someone like me these days?
    • 2022 April 11, Teodora Munteanu, “M‑am angajat la o șaormerie din România ca să‑ți arăt ce înseamnă exploatarea angajaților”, in Vice Romania, archived from the original on 2022/04/27:
      În realitate, nimeni nu dădea doi bani dacă te îmbolnăveai.
      In reality, nobody cared if you got sick.

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