单词 | you won't catch me |
释义 | > as lemmasyou won't catch me (also him, her, etc.) —— a. you won't catch me (also him, her, etc.) —— and variants. Chiefly with present participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > desire the impossible [phrase] > absence of possibility you won't catch me1698 not a cat (in hell)'s chance1796 pigs might fly1840 there is (also was, etc.) no way (that)1908 not a hope (also chance) in hell1923 it's (just) not on1935 pigs have wings1936 that'll (also that will) be the day1941 not on your Nelly1959 1698 J. Turner Phisico-theol. Disc. Divine Being 32 I must tell you, that you shall never catch me making Resolutions what to do when I am dying. 1704 Rehearsal of Observator 2 Sept. They shall ne'r Catch me Believing or not Believing, but as serves the Cause. 1741 B. Mills Exam. Remarks Curate of Canterbury 39 He shall never catch me entering the Lists with him again. 1839 Metropolitan Aug. 432 Hackney, to-night!!! a hundred miles to-night!!! sure you are mad!..You'll not catch me doing it, I can tell you. 1870 E. Warren Bloomfield x. 96 All I say is, I hope he'll give part of it [sc. the money] to the poor; but you'll not catch him at that. 1916 W. O. Bradley Stories & Speeches 18 You'll never ketch me hollerin' at no Republican gatherin'. 1952 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 13 Dec. 9/4 He answered in the booming terms typical of his stalwart type, ‘You don't catch me wearing any of those old-fashioned nightshirts!’ 2015 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Oct. 19 If this is what the voters of England want, anyone would think they'd gone mad. You wouldn't catch me saying such a thing, of course. < as lemmas |
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