NOT WANT TO KNOW (ABOUT STH)


Meaning of NOT WANT TO KNOW (ABOUT STH) in English

( informal ) to take no interest in sth because you do not care about it or it is too much trouble :

I've tried to ask her advice, but she doesn't want to know (= about my problems) .

'How much was it?' ' You don't want to know ' (= it is better if you don't know) .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.