英语词汇“i told you so”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. I told you so: often used to comment on the fulfilment of a prediction made by the speaker, or to remind the person addressed that he or she has previously been warned that some (typically unfortunate) event or circumstance would ensue, particularly if a given course of action was followed.

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [phrase] > I told you so

I told you so1616

1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iv, in Wks. I. 572 I told you so, sir, and you would not beleeue me.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. ii. 26 I told you so! whisperingly said I, turning to the women; shaking my head with a face of great concern and pity.

1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. lxxxi. 156 ‘Heaven knows, that my heart is incapable of changing.’ ‘I told you so,’ interrupted Lady Arabella, ‘and it was vastly presumptuous in you to dispute my opinion.’

1831 tr. L. A. F. De Bourrienne Life N. Bonaparte III. xix. 164 Staps..said: ‘Am I not well, Sir?’ Corvisart told the emperor that nothing ailed him. ‘I told you so,’ said Staps.

1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors xxxv. 331 Would we be willing to have somebody topple headlong into destruction for the sake of being able to say, ‘I told you so’?

1936 M. Plowman Faith called Pacifism 81 Mr. Lloyd George, as the wild cat of the House of David, said: ‘I told you so.’

2006 Baltimore Sun 20 Aug. f5/3 As mercury builds up in our predator fish and plastic litters the ocean, one can imagine Humboldt hovering in the afterlife, gently muttering, ‘I told you so.’

c. (I) told you so: an utterance of the phrase ‘I told you so’, or an observation equivalent to this; a person given to making such observations; also used attributively to designate a look, manner, etc., with the same meaning or implication as the spoken phrase. Similarly we told you so, etc.

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1823 Niles' Weekly Reg. 30 Aug. 406/2 It is a ‘prophecy after the fact’,..the ‘I told you so’ of the old lady, when one of her children called out ‘mother, mother, the hogs are eating the grindstone!’

1830 A. M. Morgan & H. M. Jones Horatio in Search of Wife iv. 57 Granby raised his eyes to those of Horatio, with an ‘I told you so’ look.

1890 Puck (N.Y.) 24 Dec. 302/2 What can we say..that does not convey, in the light of what we have said aforetime, a strong suggestion of ‘told-you-so’?

1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 2/2 The journal..assumes its most poker-backed ‘we-told-you-so’ attitude.

1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz iii. 49 I really did debate whether I hadn't better give up and let the I-told-you-so's, who said jazz would bring me to no good end, have it their own way.

1954 W. Faulkner Fable (1955) 43 His I-told-you-so to the elders.

1962 New Statesman 25 May 768/3 Failure was doubtless foreseen by professional told-you-sos.

1986 ARTnews Nov. 50/1 Self's return to the ICA was a long, loud told-you-so. He proved he can be as nimble as anyone and beholden to none.

1996 R. Drewe Drowner (1998) 56 Angelica tiptoes through this disorder with a queenly, I-told-you-so angle to her eyebrows.

2010 New Yorker 8 Nov. 14/1 Now that he's a success..his many old friends, including me, can share a sweet, told-you-so satisfaction.

单词	i told you so
释义	> as lemmas I told you so b. I told you so: often used to comment on the fulfilment of a prediction made by the speaker, or to remind the person addressed that he or she has previously been warned that some (typically unfortunate) event or circumstance would ensue, particularly if a given course of action was followed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [phrase] > I told you so I told you so1616 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iv, in Wks. I. 572 I told you so, sir, and you would not beleeue me. View more context for this quotation 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. ii. 26 I told you so! whisperingly said I, turning to the women; shaking my head with a face of great concern and pity. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. lxxxi. 156 ‘Heaven knows, that my heart is incapable of changing.’ ‘I told you so,’ interrupted Lady Arabella, ‘and it was vastly presumptuous in you to dispute my opinion.’ 1831 tr. L. A. F. De Bourrienne Life N. Bonaparte III. xix. 164 Staps..said: ‘Am I not well, Sir?’ Corvisart told the emperor that nothing ailed him. ‘I told you so,’ said Staps. 1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors xxxv. 331 Would we be willing to have somebody topple headlong into destruction for the sake of being able to say, ‘I told you so’? 1936 M. Plowman Faith called Pacifism 81 Mr. Lloyd George, as the wild cat of the House of David, said: ‘I told you so.’ 2006 Baltimore Sun 20 Aug. f5/3 As mercury builds up in our predator fish and plastic litters the ocean, one can imagine Humboldt hovering in the afterlife, gently muttering, ‘I told you so.’ extracted from tellv. (I) told you so c. (I) told you so: an utterance of the phrase ‘I told you so’, or an observation equivalent to this; a person given to making such observations; also used attributively to designate a look, manner, etc., with the same meaning or implication as the spoken phrase. Similarly we told you so, etc. ΚΠ 1823 Niles' Weekly Reg. 30 Aug. 406/2 It is a ‘prophecy after the fact’,..the ‘I told you so’ of the old lady, when one of her children called out ‘mother, mother, the hogs are eating the grindstone!’ 1830 A. M. Morgan & H. M. Jones Horatio in Search of Wife iv. 57 Granby raised his eyes to those of Horatio, with an ‘I told you so’ look. 1890 Puck (N.Y.) 24 Dec. 302/2 What can we say..that does not convey, in the light of what we have said aforetime, a strong suggestion of ‘told-you-so’? 1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 2/2 The journal..assumes its most poker-backed ‘we-told-you-so’ attitude. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz iii. 49 I really did debate whether I hadn't better give up and let the I-told-you-so's, who said jazz would bring me to no good end, have it their own way. 1954 W. Faulkner Fable (1955) 43 His I-told-you-so to the elders. 1962 New Statesman 25 May 768/3 Failure was doubtless foreseen by professional told-you-sos. 1986 ARTnews Nov. 50/1 Self's return to the ICA was a long, loud told-you-so. He proved he can be as nimble as anyone and beholden to none. 1996 R. Drewe Drowner (1998) 56 Angelica tiptoes through this disorder with a queenly, I-told-you-so angle to her eyebrows. 2010 New Yorker 8 Nov. 14/1 Now that he's a success..his many old friends, including me, can share a sweet, told-you-so satisfaction. extracted from tellv. < as lemmas
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