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Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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Of course it's a metaphorIt's a metaphor for "I don't care/I'm not interested". I have no interest in cricket scores, so I'd say "I couldn't care less about cricket scores". I most likely could care less about something else, but as it's a metphor it doesn't matter.
When someone dies, you can say "they kicked the bucket". Except in the vanishingly small percentage of deaths that resulted from someone actually kicking a bucket, then 'kicking the bucket' is a metaphor.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:11,
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What the hell? 'I couldn't care less' is not a metaphor.What does the fact that you could care less about something else have to do with it?
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Bob Todd whee, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:20,
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no it's not, it's a statement in plain languageif you said "I couldn't rub a duck about cricket scores" but actually meant "I don't give a fuck about cricket scores" that would be a metaphor
but saying "I couldn't care less about cricket scores" means you couldn't care less about cricket scores, it's not a metaphor
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VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 19:20,
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