| 单词 | i ask you |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI ask you P1. colloquial. I ask you: used to emphasize a question, or as an exclamation of surprise or disapproval intended to elicit agreement. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressions of disbelief [interjection] to go toc1275 in good timea1470 Walker1811 to get off1818 this beats my grandmother1819 to go on1835 your granny!1837 to get away1847 I ask you1855 great guns!1875 sure1907 oh yeah1927 Aunt Fanny1928 go 'long1974 to sod off1976 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > expressing extreme disgust or violent resentment [phrase] > expressing incredulous disgust I ask you1855 1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. Iiiiv What worship saide the lorde..The lorde said. This is a redy man to put to me a question of a thing, that they wote neuer where it is. And yet I aske you, what worship. 1677 Duke of Newcastle & T. Shadwell Triumphant Widow v. ii. 80 I ask you, Did you never naughtily together?] 1855 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ii. 12 ‘Now, I ask you,’ said Mr. Meagles... ‘I ask you simply as between man and man.. did you ever hear of such damned nonsense as putting Pet in quarantine?’ 1902 J. Conrad Youth 44 Now, I ask you, can anybody stand this kind of thing? 1932 Punch 18 May 536 I ask you—not a taxi in sight! 1959 R. Galton & A. Simpson Hancock's Half-hour (1987) 149 Tony: Are you taking the mickey? Sidney: Well I ask you, what a load of old rubbish you talk sometimes. 2004 A. Levy Small Island xxvi. 270 I mean, we've got enough Poles living here to start their country anew. Now these Cockneys. I ask you. < as lemmas |
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