not to care a dime
Относиться наплевательски или не уважительно. Ни в грош не ставить.
He doesn’t care a dime about his friends opinions.
Он ни в грош не ставит мнения своих друзей.
run scared
To expect defeat, as in a political campaign.
The one-vote defeat caused him to run scared in every race thereafter.
scare away
scare off
To cause to flee; frighten away.
Jake is a confirmed bachelor; the best way to scare him off is to start talking about marriage.
scare out of one's wits
scare stiff
scare the daylights out of
frightened out of one's wits
To frighten very much.
The owl's hooting scared him out of his wits.
The child was scared stiff in the dentist's chair.
Pete's ghost story scared the daylights out of the smaller boys.
scare up
scrape up
To find, collect, or get together with some effort when needed.
The boy scared up enough money to go to college.
"Will you stay for supper?" she asked. "I can scare up enough for us all."
He managed to scrape up the money for his speeding fine.
take care of
To attend to; supply the needs of.
She stayed home to take care of the baby.
Who is going to take care of your house plants while you are away?
To deal with; do what is needed with.
I will take care of that letter.
The coach told Jim to take care of the opposing player.
take care
To be careful; use wisdom or caution.
Take care that you don't spill that coffee!
We must take care to let nobody hear about this.
to death
bore to death
frightened to death
scare to death
tickle to death
To the limit; to the greatest degree possible. Used for emphasis with verbs such as scare, frighten, bore.
Cowboy stories bore me to death, but I like mysteries.
Sara is scared to death of snakes.
John is tickled to death with his new bike.