can't be bothered (to do something)

can't be bothered (to do something)
can't be bothered (to do sth) idiom
used to say that you do not want to spend time and/or energy doing sth

I should really do some work this weekend but I can't be bothered.

All this has happened because you couldn't be bothered to give me the message.

Main entry:botheridiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • can't be bothered to do something — (someone) can t be bothered to (do something) someone has decided it is not important to do something. If I m just going to the gym in the morning, I can t be bothered to put on makeup. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form someone could not be …   New idioms dictionary

  • someone can't be bothered to do something — (someone) can t be bothered to (do something) someone has decided it is not important to do something. If I m just going to the gym in the morning, I can t be bothered to put on makeup. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form someone could not be …   New idioms dictionary

  • can't be bothered — (to do something) be unwilling to make the effort to do something they couldn t be bothered to look it up …   Useful english dictionary

  • can't be bothered to — (someone) can t be bothered to (do something) someone has decided it is not important to do something. If I m just going to the gym in the morning, I can t be bothered to put on makeup. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form someone could not be …   New idioms dictionary

  • someone can't be bothered to — (someone) can t be bothered to (do something) someone has decided it is not important to do something. If I m just going to the gym in the morning, I can t be bothered to put on makeup. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form someone could not be …   New idioms dictionary

  • someone can't be bothered — someone can’t be bothered british informal phrase used for saying that someone will not do something because they feel lazy or because it is too much effort I said I’d go out with them tonight, but I can’t be bothered. She couldn’t even be… …   Useful english dictionary

  • someone can't be bothered — British informal used for saying that someone will not do something because they feel lazy or because it is too much effort I said I d go out with them tonight, but I can t be bothered. She couldn t even be bothered to say hello …   English dictionary

  • can't be arsed — I, etc can t be bothered (to do something) ● arse * * * can’t be arsed phrase if you say you can’t be arsed to do something, you mean that you are feeling too lazy to do it Thesaurus: lazy or slow to actsynonym Main entry: arse …   Useful english dictionary

  • something — [[t]sʌ̱mθɪŋ[/t]] ♦ 1) PRON INDEF: oft PRON adj, PRON adj about n You use something to refer to a thing, situation, event, or idea, without saying exactly what it is. He realized right away that there was something wrong... There was something… …   English dictionary

  • get something out of one's system — {v. phr.} 1. To eliminate some food item or drug from one s body. * /John will feel much better once he gets the addictive sleeping pills out of his system./ 2. To free oneself of yearning for something in order to liberate oneself from an… …   Dictionary of American idioms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”