单词 | damn right |
释义 | > as lemmasdamn (also damned, goddamn, goddamned) right c. colloquial (originally U.S.). damn (also damned, goddamn, goddamned) right: expressing emphatic certainty, agreement, or approval: ‘yes, indeed’, ‘definitely’, ‘absolutely’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > [adverb] > as an emphatic affirmative absolutely1825 rather1836 a thousand times, yes1896 definitely1931 deffo1940 damn straight1964 1908 R. D. Hillis in Yale Lit. Mag. Dec. 110 ‘We never appreciate a good thing until we've suffered for it!’ ‘Damn right!’ said Tommy, dryly. 1947 F. Yerby Vixens xi. 162 Goddamned right I'll stay at the house! I'll stay until I straighten Laird out. 1973 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 Feb. 3 b/1 ‘Are you ready to come back to the Major Leagues?’... ‘Goddamn right I am.’ 1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) ix. 248 Would the Allies bomb a position where prisoners were? Damned right they would. 2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 163 ‘You big daftie, you'll always be welcome here.’ Damn right. Not a day goes past that she isn't welcomed here. < as lemmas |
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