| 单词 | the damnedest thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe damnedest thing colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). With the. The most striking, exceptional, or remarkable (in either a positive or negative sense). Also: the most unusual or surprising; frequently in the damnedest thing. Cf. goddamned adj. 2. ΚΠ 1810 J. Robinson Savage i. 7 Nothing is more common than to hear a man boast of having swallowed so many oysters, eaten so many eggs, devoured so many pounds of beef steaks, &c... Why, they hope to have it said..that ‘John Gormand is the damnedest fellow to eat that ever lived.’ 1893 J. M. Searles Life & Times Civil Engineer 62 Why, Major, this is the damnedest place for bugs I ever struck. 1941 Short Stories 10 May 155/1 You've got the damndest way of goin' at things—but it gen'ly works. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Nov. 32/2 The first time I saw John he was dressed in white, with an impossible tan and the damnedest gold watch I had ever seen. 2014 M. C. Bryan Death of Irish Diva iii. 14 Well, now, if that wasn't the damnedest thing she'd ever heard. Vera questioned about a murder. She just never knew what was going to happen in Cumberland Creek these days. < as lemmas |
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