“做……不着”是宋元以来白话文献中一条较为习见的惯用语 ,目前各家说释分歧不一 ,大可商榷。本文在对大量用例进行考察、分析、审辨的基础上得出的结论是 :“做……不着”可作的随文释义虽貌似纷繁不一 ,但其所表达的最基本的意思完全可以归纳为“把 (或拿 )…不顾惜 ,不在意”。对“做”与“着”的基本义考释的结果是 :“做”用犹表示处置的“拿”或“把” ;“着”的基本常义是“在意”、“顾及 (惜 )”。 “Do not ...” is a more common idiom in vernacular literature since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. At present, all the different opinions and interpretations are quite different. Based on the investigation, analysis and examination of a large number of use cases, this article concludes that the meaning of “whatever you can not do” may vary from one to the other, but the most basic meaning expressed is entirely Induction as “put (or take) ... do not care, do not care.” The basic meaning of “doing” and “doing” is as follows: “doing” means “taking” or “taking” the treatment of “doing”; “basic” .