单词 | not if i know it |
释义 | > as lemmasnot if I know it b. colloquial. not if I know it: used to indicate that one will take care that the thing referred to does not come to pass. Cf. not if I (he, she, etc.) can (also could) help it at help v. Additions. Now rare. ΚΠ 1834 C. A. Somerset Sea ii. v. 35 in Cumberland's Minor Theatre VII Kit. In short, we are going to be married tomorrow morning. Jack. Not if I know it. 1865 A. Trollope Miss Mackenzie I. ii. 33 ‘Tom,’ said I, when he asked me to go down to Drunder Street, ‘not if I know it.’ 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. iv. 52 After that, do you think I could marry you? Not if I know it. 1921 Times 1 Feb. 2/4 (advt.) ‘What! buy a car,’ said N. to B. ‘Not if I know it.’ a1983 J. Leftwich tr. S. Lewin Dark Mountains & Blue Valleys (1988) xi. 52 She's going to try to get him into her Communist Party. Not if I know it! < as lemmas |
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