| 单词 | don't you believe it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdon't you believe it P4. don't you believe it: used to assert to another that a preceding statement is untrue: ‘don't be so certain of that.’ ΚΠ 1780 Town & Country Mag. Nov. 585/1 Another set of wiseacres..have a collection of phrases, which they apply indiscriminately to any subject that occurs. ‘I am up to it.’ ‘Let me alone for that.’ ‘Don't you believe it.’ 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xii. 176 ‘Good morning, Lieutenant. I have sent up your breakfast, but you don't seem inclined to eat it.’ ‘Don't you believe it, my dear Obed. I have been sound asleep till this moment.’ 1895 G. F. Hall Stud. in Bloomers iii. 77 ‘My people would be delighted to see the pews filled with the poor at every service.’ ‘Don't you believe it, parson,’ said an old washerwoman. 1957 J. Lake & H. Giblo Footlights, Fistfights & Femmes 31 James, you'll hear all over town that I'm a heavy drinker and joy smoker. Don't you believe it! 2005 Daily Tel. 9 Aug. 21/3 ‘I can set you out of here at any moment, laddie,’ the burly barman warned the carousers, as the train pulled out from London. ‘Not until we reach Carlisle,’ one smug youth replied. ‘Don't you believe it,’ came the growled reply. < as lemmas |
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