think little of

Idioms  

1. Have a poor opinion of, as in I think little of moving to Florida since none of us likes heat or humidity. This term uses think in the sense of “regard” or “value,” a usage dating from the 1300s. Also see not think much of.

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think little of

Mr. el-Sisi, too, often appears to think little of Egyptians, whom he frequently admonishes to lose weight and stop having so many children.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

Reissued in 2006, the book tells of a university teacher whose marriage and career are a failure and whose wife and colleagues think little of him.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2013

“However, I think little of it is really ours versus the states.”

From Forbes ● Sep. 15, 2011

She once admitted to American Vogue that her extravagance knew "no bounds" and she would think little of hopping on a private Gulfstream jet to Paris for an afternoon's shopping.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2010

French also he had at call, though, as a good subject of King Philip, he thought, or affected to think, little of that language.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Related Words

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