Straws
[st'rɔ:z]
Examples
- I don't think it signifies two straws about the 'Pioneer,' or Ladislaw, or Brooke's speechifying to the Middlemarchers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I don't care two straws about your 'no harm is intended,' and you may be certain if there is any trouble it will be for you, not for me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I knew I was catching at straws; but in the wide and weltering deep where I found myself, I would have caught at cobwebs. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But straws show . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I will answer for it, he never cared three straws about her--who could about such a nasty little freckled thing? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It might be her interest if she cared two straws about me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Straws show which way the wind blows, and I've made several discoveries today. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Such men as this are feathers, chips, and straws. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, my dear Sir, we won't waste time in splitting straws,' resumed the little man, 'say--say--seventy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But Miss Bertram does not care three straws for him; _that_ is your opinion of your intimate friend. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Edited by Greg