| 单词 | i'll eat my hat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI'll eat my hat P10. colloquial. I'll eat my hat and variants: (with an accompanying conditional clause) I'll be very surprised (if a particular thing does not happen, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [phrase] > stating one's readiness to take specific action I'll eat my hat1767 1767 T. Bridges Homer Travestie (ed. 2) II. 237 Though we..fire their rotten boats and all, I'll eat my hat, if Jove don't drop us, Or play some queer rogue's trick to stop us. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 450 If I knew as little of life as that, I'd eat my hat and swallow the buckle. ?1846 J. B. Buckstone Maid with Milking Pail 7 If you are not as astonished as I was, I'll eat old Rowley's hat. 1887 E. E. Money Little Dutch Maiden II. viii. 148 If you don't run up against him next day..you may eat your hat! 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xiii. 102 If we don't know all there is to be known about everyone living in Sittaford within the next quarter of an hour, I'll eat my hat. 1988 Spin Oct. 94/2 If you can't tell which of those is a better buy, well, you can eat my hat. 2006 Independent on Sunday 12 Nov. (ABC Mag.) 3/4 If he hasn't had a number one by this time next year, I'll eat my hat. < as lemmas |
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