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Bookmark or Share- don't know anything / know nothing | WordReference Forums"I don't know anything about it". ("I know nothing about it" is even more emphatic.) In my opinion, "I know nothing about it" can also imply that not only does the speaker have no knowledge about it, but they also do not want to talk about it anymore, cannot be expected to talk about it, and/or may have not even known it existed. It can also ...
- paid him the subtle tribute of knowing nothing whatever about himYou cannot pay tribute to someone you know nothing about, so they weren't really paying tribute at all, they were just freeloaders or chancers seeking to benefit from his hospitality. The author describes this kind of tribute (or, in fact, non-tribute) as "subtle", because it's difficult to distinguish in what way any "tribute" exists.
- little to nothing - WordReference ForumsHello you guys, I am actually learnning Englih in Korea, somehow I found out " little to nothing" quite unusual to me. please refer to below sentence I know little to nothing about~~ I think it is a kind of idiom but isn't listed up dictionary. Is " little to nothing " generally usded...
- No nothing, or, No anything | WordReference Forums"If things had gone as planned I would have arrived back where I started, but there was no laboratory, no scientists, no Gregory, no capsule, no nothing; everything was gone!" How do you feel about the phrase "No nothing?" I know it is literally not what I mean, because if there is no-Nothing...
- to know squat - WordReference ForumsIt means that you know nothing, zero, zilch. It´s short for diddly-squat which means the same thing. This is a possible explanation of the origin:
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