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Used to express absolute certainty that something will not happen or is untrue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He said he would eat his hat if more than ten people came. He'd better fetch a knife and fork!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
批個頭落嚟畀你當凳坐 /批个头落嚟畀你当凳坐
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Chinese Mandarin:
字倒過來寫 /字倒过来写
(zì dào guòlái xiě)
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Chinese Mandarin:
名字倒過來寫 /名字倒过来写
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Chinese Mandarin:
我跟你姓
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Dutch:
zijn hoed opeten
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Finnish:
syödä hattunsa
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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French:
manger son chapeau
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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German:
ich freß einen Besen, wenn
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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German:
ich will Emil heißen, wenn
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Italian:
mangiarsi il cappello
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Japanese:
首をやる
(kubi o yaru)
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Polish:
kaktus na dłoni wyrośnie
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Portuguese:
comer o chapéu
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Portuguese:
querer ser mico de circo
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Portuguese:
dar a mão à palmatória
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Russian:
дава́ть голову́ на отсече́ние
(davátʹ golovú na otsečénije)
— to express disbelief about a proposition
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Spanish:
que me maten si
— to express disbelief about a proposition
