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Pronunciation
Phrase
в ус не дуть • (v us ne dutʹ)
- (idiomatic) couldn't care less
1859, Иван Тургенев , “Глава 9”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:Стари́к Лавре́цкий до́лго не мог прости́ть сы́ну его́ сва́дьбу; е́сли б, пропусти́ полго́да, Ива́н Петро́вич яви́лся к нему́ с пови́нной голово́й и бро́сился ему́ в но́ги, он бы, пожа́луй, поми́ловал его́, вы́бранив его́ сперва́ хороше́нько и постуча́в по нём для стра́ха клюко́ю; но Ива́н Петро́вич жил за грани́цей и, по-ви́димому, в ус себе́ не дул.- Starík Lavréckij dólgo ne mog prostítʹ sýnu jevó svádʹbu; jésli b, propustí polgóda, Iván Petróvič javílsja k nemú s povínnoj golovój i brósilsja jemú v nógi, on by, požáluj, pomíloval jevó, výbraniv jevó spervá xorošénʹko i postučáv po njom dlja stráxa kljukóju; no Iván Petróvič žil za granícej i, po-vídimomu, v us sebé ne dul.
- For a long time the old Lavretsky could not forgive his son for his marriage. If six months later Ivan Petrovitch had come to him with a penitent face and had thrown himself at his feet, he would, very likely, have pardoned him, after giving him a pretty severe scolding, and a tap with his stick by way of intimidating him, but Ivan Petrovitch went on living abroad and apparently did not care a straw.