| 单词 | well, i'll be damned |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell, I'll be damned (also blowed, jiggered, etc.) a. well, I'll be damned (also blowed, jiggered, etc.) and variants: used to express surprise, amazement, disbelief, etc. Cf. sense A. 20. ΚΠ 1830 G. Colman Random Rec. II. i. 20 He jerk'd up one shoulder, twisted his mouth a little awry, and begun with—‘Well, I'll be d—d,—things were different in the late Mr. Garrick's time.’ 1842 Huntress 26 Nov. ‘Well, I'll be swan'd to man!’ exclaimed the pedler.., ‘it's the voice of the devil!’ 1855 ‘P. Paxton’ Capt. Priest xxi. 153 ‘Well, I'll be blowed—what's that? Who's calling me?’ 1913 Sat. Evening Post 16 Sept. 18 (advt.) Well, I'll be durned. 1955 B. Pym Less than Angels x. 121 Jebel Pingpong! Well, I'll be jiggered! 1988 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 Feb. He was, however, bemused at the plan which had the streets running the wrong way. ‘Well I'll be buggered,’ he spluttered. 2008 Washington Post Mag. 17 Aug. 30/3 He emerges smiling from the water to the wild cheers of his teammates... ‘Well, I'll be damned’, he says. < as lemmas |
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