| 单词 | we'll soon see about that |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswe'll soon see about that b. Used (typically either angrily or sceptically) to contradict or challenge a claim or assertion. Also we'll soon see about that. ΚΠ 1809 W. Dunlap tr. A. von Kotzebue Fraternal Discord iv. 48 Mrs. G. Well, my little miss, what is the captain's birth-day to you? Char. That would I tell him myself. Mrs. G. So?—ay, ay, we'll see about that! [Ger. So?—ei! seht mir doch!] 1854 Punch 21 Jan. 34/1 She says that she will sing at concerts only, but we shall see about that. 1880 J. W. Gally Sand 124 ‘I'll keep the books straight enough.’ Blethers looked at him in his lofty way which seemed to say, ‘I'll see about that,’ and then he went out. 1968 G. Weill To Bury Cousin ii. 54 Hilda. He won't even talk to you, Bert. Bert. Oh, he won't huh? Well, we'll just see about that! 1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 170 So the John Wayne stuff is over is it? We'll soon see about that! 2004 S. Belding Winning with Employee from Hell iii. 43 I overheard him telling somebody that he absolutely refused to lie to people... ‘Yeah, sure,’ I remember thinking to myself, ‘we'll see about that.’ < as lemmas |
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