| 单词 | my aunt fanny! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy Aunt Fanny! 1. Used in various phrases expressing dismissive or disbelieving contradiction of what has just been said. Esp. in my Aunt Fanny! (cf. my fanny at fanny n.1 4, my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a, my foot! at foot n. and int. Phrases 9b) and tell that to my Aunt Fanny and variants (cf. tell v. Phrases 10). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressions of disbelief [interjection] to go toc1275 in good timea1470 Walker1811 to get off1818 this beats my grandmother1819 to go on1835 your granny!1837 to get away1847 I ask you1855 great guns!1875 sure1907 oh yeah1927 Aunt Fanny1928 go 'long1974 to sod off1976 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > my Aunt Fanny my Aunt Fanny!1928 1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl xiii. 193 He..says it doesn't mean anything—she's just interested in the show business. You can tell that to my Aunt Fanny I says to him. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 24 Tell that to my old Aunt Fanny. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids viii. 142 ‘You mean..there wasn't any fire or anything?’ I asked. ‘Fire—my aunt Fanny!’ 1983 Irish Times 14 Oct. 10/4 A recent newspaper article stated that ‘The absence of divorce in Ireland stabilises marriage...’ In my Aunt Fanny's hat. 2015 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 24 June Peace and light, my Aunt Fanny. They..mounted a 9 to 5, months-long protest simply because they didn't like what I'd said. < as lemmas |
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