单词 | don't mean maybe |
释义 | > as lemmas(and I) don't mean maybe 2. colloquial. Originally and chiefly U.S. (and I) don't mean maybe: used after a statement to indicate that the facts are indisputable, or following a stipulated condition, indicating that it is not open to negotiation. ΚΠ 1925 G. Kahn Yes Sir, that's my Baby (song) Yes Sir, that's my baby, No sir, don't mean maybe. 1933 E. Caldwell God's Little Acre viii. 110 We've sunk a hole twenty feet since this morning, and I don't mean maybe, either. 1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 24 Apr. a2 It's rough over here in the winter and I don't mean maybe. 1999 Las Vegas Rev.–Jrnl. (Nexis) 17 Jan. j2 Danny Crawford played tough guy when he robbed a rural Illinois bank last summer, holding out a nylon bag to a teller and demanding that she ‘fill it up, and I don't mean maybe’. < as lemmas |
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