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I'll be damned
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English
Pronunciation
en en-au-I'll be damned.ogg AU
Interjection
en sometimes vulgar idiom
An expression of surprise.
A vehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen.
en I'll be hanged
en I'll be damned if I'm having a thief like him stay in my house.
en w:Lenka; Ben H. Allen Roll with the Punches Two (Lenka album) Two 2011 Lenka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZaE4TY09C8 My mechanisms / Of defense are down / And my resistance / Is out on the town / I was alarmed by your attack / This isn't a boxing match / But I'll be damned if I ever let you win
Synonyms
See I'll be § Related terms
en wow
Related terms
en damnedest
Translations
expression of surprise
Afrikaans: af
Albanian: sq
Armenian: hy վայ քու, արա
Bulgarian: bg
Catalan: ca
Czech: cs to mě podrž, cs to mě poser (vulgar)
Danish: da
Dutch: nl heb je ooit, nl asjemenou
Finnish: fi jopas jotakin
French: fr
German: de ich fass' es nicht
Hebrew: he
Hindi: hi
Hungarian: hu
Icelandic: is
Indonesian: id
Italian: it
Japanese: ja
Kazakh: kk
Korean: ko 어머, ko 어머나
Lithuanian: lt
Macedonian: mk
Malay: ms
Norwegian: no
Polish: pl masz babo placek
Portuguese: pt
Romanian: ro să mor eu, ro să fiu al naibii, ro să-mi bag piciorul, ro să-mi bag pula vulgar
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh
Latin: sh
Slovak: sk
Slovene: sl
Spanish: es
Swedish: sv
Tagalog: tl
Turkish: tr
Ukrainian: uk
Vietnamese: vi á đù
vehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
Afrikaans: af
Albanian: sq
Bulgarian: bg
Catalan: ca
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 不姓…… bú xìng not to have (one's) surname of ...
Czech: cs ať se propadnu
Danish: da
Dutch: nl
Finnish: fi ei missään nimessä
French: fr que je sois pendu, fr que je sois maudit, fr Dieu me damne
German: de
Hebrew: he
Hindi: hi
Hungarian: hu nincs az az isten, hogy, hu akármi legyek, ha, hu istenuccse
Icelandic: is
Indonesian: id
Italian: it
Japanese: ja
Kazakh: kk
Korean: ko
Lithuanian: lt
Macedonian: mk
Malay: ms
Norwegian: no
Polish: pl niech mnie diabli
Portuguese: pt
Romanian: ro să mor eu, ro să fiu al naibii, ro să-mi bag piciorul, ro să-mi bag pula vulgar
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh
Latin: sh
Slovak: sk
Slovene: sl
Spanish: es
Swedish: sv
Tagalog: tl
Turkish: tr
Ukrainian: uk
Vietnamese: vi
See also
en not on my watch