单词 | never a know i know |
释义 | > as lemmasnever (also not, devil, sorrow) a know I know b. Irish English. In emphatic statements of ignorance (of a fact, etc.), as never (also not, devil, sorrow) a know I know, etc.: I do not know at all. ΚΠ 1795 W. Macready Bank Note ii. 27 Sir. Cha. Which way? Kill. The devil a know I know sir. 1827 G. Griffin Tales Munster Festivals I. 339 Sure, never a know do I know, Miss. 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 98/1 Why, thin, divel a know I know. But this I know full well to my cost, that I never set eyes on him since. 1851 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. Dec. 396 Not a know do we know of what they done with that or anything. 1885 A. Trollope Land-leaguers i. 6 ‘You do,’ said Ada. ‘How was it done? Who dit it—and why?’ ‘Sorrow a know I know,’ said the boy. 1900 R. Boldrewood Babes in Bush xviii. 269 ‘Tom, do you happen to know anyone of your own name in this part of the country..?’ ‘The divil a know I know,’ replied Tom. 1922 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 178 So he pays Jack's passage out to New York, an' what the ind av him was, not a know do I know. 1957 S. O'Casey Let. 26 Nov. (1989) III. 498 One of my favorite plays is Strindberg's Dream Play. What form is it in? Divil a know I know. < as lemmas |
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