not care a fig Definition

fig
noun

1. Any of a group of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs of the mulberry family bearing a soft pear-shaped fruit full of tiny seeds.
2. The green, brown or purple pear-shaped fleshy fruit produced by a fig tree, eaten fresh or dried.

Idiom: not give a fig (not care a fig)

colloq
Not to care in the least.

Etymology: 13c: from Latin ficus fig or fig tree.