- What the dickens!
- Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or annoyance. Informal.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
What the dickens!
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what the dickens — where did it go? how do you explain it? What the dickens did you do to your hair? Who cut it off? … English idioms
what the dickens — what/why/how/etc the dickens informal old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question when you are surprised or angry Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym Main entry: dickens … Useful english dictionary
What the Dickens! (album) — Infobox Album | Name = What the Dickens! Type = Studio album Artist = Johnny Dankworth, his Orchestra and Guests Released = 1963 Recorded = Genre = Jazz Length = Label = Fontana Records Producers = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album … Wikipedia
the dickens — ● what * * * the dickens informal + old fashioned used to make a statement or question more forceful What the dickens [=the devil] do you mean? We ll have to work like the dickens [=very hard] to finish this project … Useful english dictionary
what the Devil — interjection used to add emphasis to what when beginning question. What the Devil have you done to the horse? Syn: what the dickens, what on earth, what in Gods name … Wiktionary
what the deuce or devil...? What...? — [Emph.] what the dickens...? What...? [Emph.] … A concise dictionary of English slang
like the Dickens — Meaning A lot; as in hurts like the dickens . Origin Nothing to do with Charles Dickens. Dickens is a euphemism for the word devil, possibly via devilkins. Shakespeare used it in the Merry Wives of Windsor: I cannot tell what the dickens his name … Meaning and origin of phrases
what the soldier said isn’t evidence — 1837 DICKENS Pickwick Papers III. xxxiii. ‘You must not tell us what the soldier..said, sir,’ interposed the judge; ‘it’s not evidence.’ 1931 ‘v. LODER’ Red Stain xii. ‘It was true!’.. ‘True to you,..but you have no means of proving it to us.… … Proverbs new dictionary
the dickens — adverb The devil. She can go to the dickens for what she said. Syn: on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck … Wiktionary
the dickens you say — that is unbelievable, gadzooks, say what Ping, you won a car! The dickens you say! … English idioms
