Thread: Is there a way to say "who cares" in russian

Originally Posted by Lena

Мне плевать and Мне пофиг sound impolite whatever but we can hear them on every street corner here.

Note that Мне плевать literally implies "It's for me to spit on" while Мне пофиг is very roughly "I show it the middle finger". (Because фиг is the name of a rude hand gesture).

Or, as Shakespeare might've said, "I bite my thumb at it."