单词 | goldarn it |
释义 | > as lemmasgoldarn it transitive. In oaths and imprecations (chiefly in optative with no subject expressed, as goldarn it, goldarn you, etc.): expressing incredulity, amazement, annoyance, etc.Also occasionally as int. ΚΠ 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xx. 300 Gawl darn ye! This shan't be settled so easy. 1849 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 6 May 2/6 I'll be gaul-durned ef I deu. 1885 Harper's Mag. Aug. 397/2 Hannah-Maria-Jemimy! goldarn an' blue blazes! 1916 T. Dreiser Hoosier Holiday xi. 90 ‘Gol darn you,’ she hollered, ‘if I didn't have a sprained ankle now, I'd fix you.’ 1937 A. W. Eddins in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 96 Gol dern these biscuits; they are heavy as lead. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 17 July in White House Diary (1970) 183 Well, I'll be gol-durned—the salesman that sold it [sc. a picture of Pope Pius XII] to me said it was Harry Truman in his ceremonial Masonic clothes! 1995 J. Hodgins Macken Charm v. 82 Goldarn it, Mister Macken... I was yoost about to take my business to Fields'. 2016 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 16 Nov. (City section) a4 Goldarn it, as they say in the backwoods, the ‘folks’ of McDowell County voted overwhelmingly Trump. < as lemmas |
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