| 单词 | i'll tell the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI'll tell (also I'm telling) the world b. U.S. colloquial. I'll tell (also I'm telling) the world: used (esp. parenthetically) to emphasize the truth of a statement. ΚΠ 1917 in Camion Lett. Amer. College Men (1918) xx. 60 I'm telling the world I'm tired. 1918 Washington Post 10 Feb. 4/7 There's enough rubbish in the middle of the road to keep me from trying to go through there again, I'll tell the world! 1923 G. Emery in A. H. Quinn Contemp. Amer. Plays 252 Gee-z—it's a cold night, I'll tell the world. 1937 S. Gluck Delicate Case of Murder iv. 34 ‘When you pinched us, I'm telling the world we were—’ He stopped with his mouth open. 1998 M. Chamberlain in B. McFarland et al. Line of Cutting Women 10 I heard Gran call out across the house, ‘You tired?’ ‘Tired,’ he said. ‘I'll tell the world.’ < as lemmas |
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