单词 | damn all |
释义 | damn alln.adj. colloquial (chiefly British). A. n. Nothing at all, absolutely nothing.Earlier currency is suggested by the euphemistic use of dang all in quot. 1842. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all noughtOE neither tip nor toe1610 nix1781 damn the haet1787 no nothing1815 zero1823 all1842 neither hide nor hair1857 zip1900 nixie1906 damn all1910 fuck-all1916 Fanny Adams1919 bugger-all1921 S.F.A.1933 not a sausage1938 shit1949 zilch1956 eff-all1958 sod all1958 diddly-squat1963 diddly1964 jack-all1965 niente1969 zippo1973 feck-all1975 hee-haw1975 naff all1977 jack squat1986 1842 Sporting Mag. June 97 Dang all about twittering!] 1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder xxii. 241 Ye knows damn all 'bout sailorizin' anywye! 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 403 Proud possessor of damnall. 1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness x. 187 I'll tell you my story as shortly as I can, and you'll see I know damn all about it. 1969 G. Friel Grace & Miss Partridge v. 77 She's no keeping well, she's sick. There's damn all wrong with her if you ask me. 1995 P. McCabe Dead School (1996) 29 I'll tell you what we're going to do—we're going to do damn all. B. adj. Absolutely no; not any. Also in weakened sense: very little. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > no, none, or not any nanyeOE no (none) suchOE noneOE none-kinsOE nolOE no kina1400 zero1823 nix1846 nought1945 bugger-all1948 damn all1953 fuck-all1961 eff-all1965 zilch1969 zip1969 zippo1973 sod all1978 negative1984 1953 F. Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth Space Merchants xix. 174 When I stopped to think of it, I had damn-all choice. 1963 W. F. Starkie Scholars & Gypsies 186 ‘What is your religion?’ ‘I've damn all religion,’ said the man squinting at us. ‘Never 'ad time nor use for it.’ 1984 S. Elgin Native Tongue xii. 143 We've got damnall cartons and bales of babies. 1998 What Hi-Fi? May 189/5 Excellent performance for damn all money. 2010 C. Anderson Surgeon's Miracle i. 12 I've been up all night, I'm going to have damn all time to take it easy before tomorrow night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1910 |
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