#1 - I think both are actually acceptable but the first is probably frequently misused. I grew up with the phrase: "Eh, I could care less." meaning that it wasn't that important but I didn't hate it.
I believe scot free comes from Roman times when they could not conquer the Scottish clans and (the Romans} built Hadrian`s wall to try to keep the Scots from butchering the Romans. That is the meaning of scot free.
#1 - I think both are actually acceptable but the first is probably frequently misused. I grew up with the phrase: "Eh, I could care less." meaning that it wasn't that important but I didn't hate it.
I believe scot free comes from Roman times when they could not conquer the Scottish clans and (the Romans} built Hadrian`s wall to try to keep the Scots from butchering the Romans. That is the meaning of scot free.
It's all surprising. I think even for people whose first language is english