Could Not Be Bothered Meaning?
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...
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.
How do you say can't be bothered?
Synonyms
- agitate.
- discompose.
- disquiet.
- distract.
- disturb.
- flurry.
- fluster.
- perturb.
Where did the phrase I can't be bothered come from?
Can't be arsed dates from at the very least 1968, where it appeared in Hunter Davies' authorised biography of The Beatles, in a Paul McCartney quote: "If they can't be arsed awaiting for me, I can't be arsed going after them.