знать не хочу

• ЗНАТЬ НЕ ХОЧУ (не хочет и т. п.) кого-что coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. 1st or 3rd pers; usu. this WO]

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⇒ I do not (he does not etc) want to have dealings with s.o., be involved in sth., sacrifice time to s.o. or sth. etc:

- X Y-a знать не хочет{{}}≈ X doesn't want (to have) anything to do with Y;

- X doesn't want to hear about Y;

- X doesn't want to know person Y;

- X doesn't want to know about thing Y;

- [in limited contexts] X will not hear of Y.

     ♦ Пфуль был один из тех теоретиков, которые так любят свою теорию, что забывают цель теории - приложение её к практике; он из любви к теории ненавидел всякую практику и знать её не хотел (Толстой 6). Не [Pfiihl] was one of those theoreticians who so love their theory that they lose sight of the theory's object-its practical application. His passion for theory made him despise all practical considerations and he would not hear of them (6a).