| 单词 | the next thing one knows |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe next thing one knows (also remembers) c. Originally U.S. the next thing one knows (also remembers), used without predicate as an adverbial phrase expressing the suddenness or unexpectedness of an event. ΚΠ 1848 Trial & Imprisonment J. Walker App. 113 I was knocked down senseless... And the next thing I knew, I was lying on the cabin floor. 1851 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 346 The next thing I knew I didn't know nothin'. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker ii. 32 The tables at this eating-house are close together; and the next thing I can remember, I was in..conversation with my nearest neighbours. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home iv. 28 The next thing I knew, father was..asking us if we minded his going, and letting us get home at our convenience. 1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 93 A small thing disappears, then a bigger one and a bigger one, and the next thing you know is the police are in the house. 1999 T. Parker & M. Stone South Park Scripts: Bk. 1 7 Slowly my bedroom door began to open... And then the next thing I remember, I was being drug through a hallway! < as lemmas |
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