Without a care in the world

Question

Hello everybody!

Could you help me, please? I've just read a sentence here in the forum which I'm not sure to understand, or rather, to get the feeling.

(They ... ) breezing along in their learning without a care in the world

I found the choice of words very interesting and powerful, but... what does it mean?

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Does it mean:

a- "...prosiguen con su aprendizaje tan campantes, sin importarles ni lo más mínimo los demás" ? (without caring about the feeling of others)

b: "...siguen aprendiendo sin ningún tipo de problema?" (with no problem at all)

c: "... siguen aprendiendo sin preocuparles lo que otros piensen de ellos?" (without a concern about what others think of them)

d: others (please, specify the answer)

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

To breeze through something (never heard breeze along): to move through something comfortably and easily.

Without a care in the world: without problems or anxiety

;) The dead cat's really grateful for your answer. Are you telling me where you are from? - cogumela, Sep 4, 2011

Answer 2

Care as a noun... A care can mean a concern or a worry. This is the only sort of context in which it's used anymore though. "Look at her! Not a care on her! / Not a care in the world!" Negative sentences only. (neutral meaning)

So they're completely untroubled/not worried by anything. So (b)

and breezing along is sort of... a breeze is a gentle wind so... Moving along (in reality or metaphorically) lightly.

It's not necessarily related with study, I assume you got that bit from the greater context.

Usually children breeze along without a care in the world while grown-ups stagger under the weight of the drudgery and responsibility imposed on them. Hee hee.

Great answer. Thanks a lot, rabbit! - cogumela, Sep 4, 2011

Answer 3

Sin importar el resto del mundo / como si no hubiera nada que preocuparse.

Nada de preocuparse en todo el mundo solo lo que esta frente de ellos. - jeezzle, Sep 4, 2011

Thanks, Jeezz! That's good Spanish! (just: "de" que preocuparse) - cogumela, Sep 4, 2011

Answer 4

Cogu I will do it in English as it is easier.

To "breeze along" is to be one of those that learn easily and move through their lessons with ease. they don't study too hard or too much as the material comes easily to them.

I breezed through my studies in civil engineering as the material was so logical to me that I barely needed to study it.

Thank you, Paco! - cogumela, Sep 4, 2011