(well) I'll be damned! In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "(well) I'll be damned!", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Caroline Tran

2020-08-15 11:08

Is that a fact? , you don't say! , Heavens Above!

(well) I'll be damned! impolite old-fashioned sentence spoken language informal

Used to express a complete surprise/ shock or show that you refuse to do something

Well I'll be damned! Our team lost.

I'll be damned if I let you borrow my books!

To express surprise or astonishment

Coincidentally, suprisingly; as a matter of fact

To be surprised by some sudden occurrence

To greatly surprise, shock, or confuse someone

An exclamation of shock or surprise

This phrase was very popular in the US South. It's not used very much today.

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Eat my dust

To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.

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You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.

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