i'll be a monkey's uncle

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von i'll be a monkey's uncle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

(often preceded by well) expressing complete surprise or disbelief

Well I’ll be a monkey's uncle! I would never have thought that tourists would go into space!.

Silbentrennung

I'll be a monkey's un·cle

Synonyme

fuck me running, blimey, bloody hell, bugger me, christ, christ almighty, crikey, damn, fancy that, fucking hell, fuck me, get out of town, god, good god, good gracious

Etymologie

() "I'll be a monkey's uncle" dates from after 1926, the date of the widely publicized Scopes Trial in the United States, where the term first appears. It appears in print starting in the 1930s.