单词 | am i right? |
释义 | > as lemmasam I (not) right? P12. am I (not) right?: used (usually rhetorically) to invite agreement with or approval of a preceding statement. Also (U.S. colloquial) duplicated for emphasis as am I right or am I right? Cf. sense B. 2. ΚΠ 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore sig. K2v You ha scap'd the Gallowes, to the Deuill you flie next, sir. Am I right, my Liege? 1678 E. Howard Man of Newmarket iii. 33 Or should it sowre the Complexion of a new-fledg'd Advocate, that perhaps scarce knows how to wear the Wings of his Gown neatly on his shoulders—Am I not right, Sir? 1718 C. Cibber Non-juror iv. 53 I take it for granted, that you would marry Mr. Heartly—Am I right? 1788 Gentleman's & London Mag. Mar. 116/1 Why should you hesitate to own such a child as this? Am I not right? 1858 Train 5 4 And your opulence..is not such as to excite the just indignation of the sovereign people. Am I right? 1896 J. Barnes Princetonian ii. 24 He's a second Hector,—am I right, or am I right? 1920 A. T. de Mattos tr. M. Leblanc Secret of Sarek xv. 295 If you daren't look, it's because you've guessed or because you're on the point of guessing, you wretch: am I right? 1988 R. Basu Hours before Dawn xvii. 145 In this town people kill themselves running after the green buck, but you Indians are different. You believe more in God and the family. Am I right? 2002 News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 21 Oct. 1 a You know how the family is. They're overprotective. Am I right or am I right? < as lemmas |
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