| 单词 | wouldn't you know it? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswouldn't you (just) know it? d. colloquial (originally U.S.). wouldn't you (just) know it?: used to suggest that a particular turn of events was only to be expected, or is especially fitting or (esp.) ironic. Also wouldn't you (just) know?. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > lack of surprise [phrase] it is great, little, small wonderOE no selcoutha1250 no ferlyc1275 (and) no wonder!1390 no wonder that, if, or though1390 what ferlya1605 what wonder if1667 I shouldn't wonder1836 small wonder that1913 wouldn't you (just) know?1919 1919 B. King City of Comrades viii. 120 ‘Wouldn't you know it?’ Miss Barry said, lightly. ‘One of the nicest rooms in the house.’ 1946 H. P. M. Brown Sound of Hunting i. 52 Wouldn't you know? Of all the days to get stuck out there, he has to pick this one. 1973 Washington Post 13 Jan. B. 8/7 Wouldn't you just know. Lorne Greene, also known as Ben Cartwright, has gone right out and gotten himself another steady job; this time with the ABC network. 1999 in D. Bolger Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel 247 She arrived at the back of the hotel instead of the front and wouldn't you know, for all their penthouse and fancy exterior, it had stacks of garbage bags outside, just like anywhere else. 2003 T. Litt Finding Myself 62 I drove over to pick him up. And, wouldn't you know it, he'd brought his bloody dog!. < as lemmas |
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