| 单词 | i'll be damned |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI'll be damned Phrases P1. damn it (all): expressing anger, frustration, or impetuousness. ΚΠ 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. B2v Hang a spawne? drowne it; alls one, damne it. 1677 Debauchee i. i. 3 Damn it, I'll ne're fall so low to do the drugery of any Old Lady. 1798 G. Duncan Constant Lovers 39 How much did I say? Damn it all! Old Messmate, it does not signify bothering ourselves with counting. 1847 Morning Post 15 Mar. 6/1 Damn it all, let them go. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxvii. 276 D—— it, I love you: I'm your old father. 1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y iii. iv. 274 Damn it all, although that looks as if it means something, it doesn't mean anything at all! 1932 Z. Fitzgerald Save me Waltz in Coll. Writings (1991) 137 ‘Damn it’, said Alabama viciously to herself. 2012 Times 31 July 21 Look, I'm not saying it's easy, but damn it man, you've got to say something. You can't just pretend it isn't there. P2. damn and blast and variants.Not now in North American use. a. As a verb phrase. (a) To curse (a person or thing) using the phrase ‘damn and blast’. ΚΠ 1671 E. Settle Cambyses sig. A ivv You no more Mercy to Young writers show, You damn and blast 'em e're they've time to grow. 1807 M. L. Weems God's Revenge against Murder (ed. 2) 28 He went out, damning and blasting, into the yard, where he stalk'd about with the eyes of a raging Tyger. 1891 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 22 May 4/4 They would spice their funny stories with profanity; they would damn and blast things with perfect unconcern. 1908 Manch. Guardian 22 July 5/1 This is better fun than..making Prime Ministers ‘damn and blast’. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet (2010) i. 13 I watch her now running a comb through her hair, softly damning and blasting the knots. 2007 A. Doré Great North Road 593 Howard pulled Violet too fast across slippery rocks, damning and blasting the foul weather. (b) In imprecations: expressing condemnation of, or anger or frustration towards (a person or thing). ΚΠ 1777 ‘Nauticus’ Chapters x. 53 Damn and blast all cowards! 1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 25 Sept. They shouted against O'Connell and Repeal, repeatedly cried out ‘Damn and blast the scoundrel’. 1983 Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 20/4 Reith..grabbed his trouser-tops and yelled ‘Damn and blast the thing... I'm afraid I've burst my braces’. 2014 J. Bishop Refuse to Forget 58 The infernal coward! I'll have him whipped and flung onto the streets, into a cell for this! Damn and blast the man! b. As an interjection, expressing anger, frustration, or impetuousness. ΚΠ 1932 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 7 June (6th ed.) 9/4 ‘Damn and blast,’ said Stretton. 1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iv. 102 Whoever went in couldn't have been on the stage. So, damn and blast, it's got to be Ann Foulds, John Buller or Naomi Hughes. 2011 C. K. Carr India Black & Widow of Windsor i. 26 ‘Damn and blast!’ I was cross. 2022 @cyndinmifox 11 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Feb. 2022) Damn and blast! What do you use for itchy stuff like bites and such? We used to use calamine lotion, back in the last century. P3. I'll be damned and variants. a. An expression of denial or refusal. Chiefly with if. ΚΠ 1677 A. Behn Town-fopp v. 52 I, who keep my self entirely for you, can get nothing but the Fragments of your Debauches—I'll be damn'd before I'll endure it. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. viii. 63 I'll be d——n'd if ever I cross the back of a horse again. 1837 Berks. Chron. 5 Aug. I'll be damned if I'll be kicked out by an intruder. 1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1968) i. 25 She always had sort of had a soft spot for him. Damned if he knew why. 1979 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood v. 86 She was damned if she was going to let Lionel sleep on one of those narrow beds with her. 2021 Dominion Post (Morgantown, W. Va.) (Nexis) 23 Sept. I'll be damned if we're going to stop trying to get people vaccinated. b. An expression of surprise; frequently used to intensify a previous statement. Cf. well, I'll be damned at well adv. and n.4 Phrases 6a. ΚΠ 1796 S. Cullen Castle of Inchvally I. 152 ‘I'll be damned then,’ said Captain M—, bouncing out of bed, and putting on his clothes, ‘but some one has tricked you!’ 1894 F. M. Crawford Katharine Lauderdale (new ed.) II. 287 Never knew you to refuse to drink before. I'll be damned, you know! 1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) v. 175 Those things never happen to me. So you peddled candies in the Café Royal? I'll be damned. 2014 W. Kremer Too Good to be True xvi. 203 I'll be damned. It's Like. What are you doing here? P4. to damn with faint praise and variants: to praise so half-heartedly or disingenuously as to imply condemnation, criticism, or disapproval; to praise a minor feature of something in such a way as to imply condemnation of it as a whole. ΚΠ 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer Prol. And, with faint Praises, one another Damn. 1723 A. Pope in J. Markland Cythereia xii. 91 Damn with faint Praise, assent with civil Leer, And, without Sneering, teach the rest to Sneer. 1821 E. Quillinan Retort Courteous 23 Critics have oft assail'd my careless verse, Or damn'd it with faint praise, that direst curse. 1885 Longman's Mag. Dec. 151 Could I not damn with faint praise and stab with sharp insinuendo? 1930 Economica 29 204 It is invidious to damn with faint praise; but useful as the book may very well prove on occasion, one can hardly call it great or first-rate. 2005 Morning Star (Nexis) 31 Jan. 2 [He] suggests that employers now have less incentive to oppose unions because their impact on productivity and profits is so modest, which is to damn the unions with faint praise. P5. damn my (also your, our, etc.) eyes and variants. a. As an interjection, expressing anger, frustration, or surprise. ΚΠ 1735 Select Trials Old-Bailey II. 139/2 Clear the way, says he, for damn my Eyes, the first Man that offers to lay Hands on me, I'll shoot him thro' the Head. 1850 J. D. Lewins Diary 20 Sept. People cutting rushes & Ponas grumbling for kost. All he gets from me won't choke him, damn his eyes. 1906 ‘Q’ Mayor of Troy xi. 151 D——n your eyes, it's twins—and both girls! 1952 Cornhill Mag. July 126 Why, damn our eyes do we all spend our lives delighting in the wisdom of paradox—yet hesitate to apply the risks to ourselves? 2001 ‘J. Higgins’ Edge of Danger (2015) vii. 106 Well, damn my eyes... Get some champagne over here, girl. It's a special occasion. b. As an adjectival phrase (as a modifier, usually with hyphens). That expresses or is characterized by a desire to demonstrate defiance or indifference; confrontational, provocative. ΚΠ 1811 A. Graydon Mem. 281 They [sc. hats] have precisely, what we called in England, the damn my eyes cock. 1895 E. S. Nadal Notes Professional Exile 109 The ‘damn-your-eyes’ manner in which the officers hissed their orders sidewise to the common sailors. 1970 Economist 22 Aug. 32/3 The damn-your-eyes edge to his temperament which could lose him many of the votes his policies could win. 2015 Economist 25 Apr. 29/2 If UKIP is an unworthy recipient of that sparkle..Bagehot cannot help but be guiltily impressed by the damn-your-eyes spirit fuelling it. P6. damn you: as an interjection, expressing anger or frustration. ΚΠ 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 31 Oh, Demm you Toad—I wish you don't perswade her out of her Innocency. 1750 E. Kimber Life & Adventures Joe Thompson xii. 108 Damn you, d'ye chatter, you Dog. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xiii. 498 You shall be a catholic, damn you, or I'll pinch off the flesh from your bones. 1886 App. Jrnl. House of Representatives Ohio 82 157 You get away from here, damn you, or I will knock the shit out of you. 1948 L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xvi. 297 Damn you, Walter. You do get under a man's skin. 2014 Times 12 Apr. 22/4 So turn off your stupid phone, throw away this bilge of mine and pick up something with a spine, damn you! P7. damned if you do and damned if you don’t and variants: used to describe a situation where no matter what one does, one is likely to attract criticism or disapproval, or (more generally) the outcome will be bad. ΚΠ 1838 Burlington (Vermont) Sentinel 19 Mar. The following is a synopsis..of the different opinions of the federalists in relation to the course of the present administration: 'You can and you can't..You will and you won't, You'll be damned if you do, And you'll be damned if you don't'. 1911 Crockery & Glass Jrnl. 13 Apr. 14 Few subjects are of such importance to business men..as the matter of extending credit. Some seem to think that ‘you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't.’ 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Aug. 51/2 One may have some sympathy with those at the top, for they are damned if they do and damned if they don't. 2021 Northern Echo (Nexis) 28 Oct. Hopefully, we'll be able to..move players around, but at the same time, you want to be able to keep that consistency. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't in terms of team selection at times. P8. damned if I know and variants: used to express ignorance of or confusion about a fact, subject, situation, etc., that one has just been asked about or presented with.Cf. damfino int. ΚΠ 1853 J. Wynne Tricks of Time in Three Orig. Plays iv. i. 87 Slang. (to Sir Peter, slapping him on the back.) Well! old boy, and how is the rheumatic gout?... Sir Peter... I'll be damned if I know—never had such an antiquated disease in my life! 1944 C. G. Norris Flint 90 ‘What do you propose?’ ‘Well, damned if I know. I just got to wait..until can I save something.’ 2021 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 4 June The movie, for some inexplicable reason, has three endings. So why is this movie so complicated? Damned if I know. P9. damn the torpedoes: used to express disregard for the danger or consequences of an action, or to refer to a bold or reckless action or attitude.With reference to the words Admiral David Farragut, the commander of a Unionist fleet, is reputed to have used to instruct his men to hold their course, despite coming under heavy fire, at the Battle of Mobile Bay (1864) during the American Civil War. Farragut's apparently rash decision ultimately resulted in victory for the Union forces. ΚΠ 1904 Boston Post 9 Dec. 6/3 Be sure you're right, then damn the torpedoes. 1963 J. Philips Dead can't Love v. 210 When he saw something he wanted he went after it, and damn the torpedoes. 1988 Port Arthur (Texas) News 22 June (Sports section) 1/1 That damn-the-torpedoes, full-speed-ahead approach has served him well on the golf course. 2019 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 11 We have no answer to the fundamental challenge of the age—global warming—beyond..damn-the-torpedoes consumption of fossil fuels. < as lemmas |
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