FrenchCrudeÇa m'en touche une sans faire bouger l'autre
Meaning: I couldn't care less; it leaves me utterly indifferent.
Literally: It touches one of mine without moving the other
Example: “Qu'il vote pour ou contre, ça m'en touche une sans faire bouger l'autre.” — Whether he votes for or against it, I couldn't care less.
English equivalent: Not to give a hoot
Origin: "One" and "the other" are the testicles: the news is so unimportant that it moves one of them without even stirring the other. Wiktionnaire describes it as a pied-noir expression, from the French of Algeria, and cites a use from 1967. According to Wiktionnaire, it became famous in November 1987, when Prime Minister Jacques Chirac used it to dismiss criticism from President François Mitterrand.
Other ways to say this
German: Das ist mir Wurst Literally: That is sausage to me
Spanish: Importar un pepino Literally: To matter a cucumber
Italian: farsene un baffo Literally: To make oneself a mustache of it- French: N'en avoir cure Literally: To have no care of it
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- French: S'en moquer comme de l'an quarante Literally: To care about it as much as about the year forty
English: not to give a hoot
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