I'll be a monkey's uncle

(Well) I'll be a monkey's uncle!

An expression of surprise or amazement. Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle—Shane actually managed to get his movie made.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

I'll be a monkey's uncle

used to express great surprise. informal

monkey's uncle, I'll be/am a

An expression of surprise or disbelief. Why that particular animal was chosen is no longer known, and indeed the cliché, which dates from the early 1900s, is heard less often today. Eric V. Lustbader used it in White Ninja (1990): “If this doesn’t turn out to be a suicide, I am a monkey’s uncle.”

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

(Well) I'll be a monkey's uncle!
I'll be a monkey's uncle!
monkey's uncle
monkey's uncle, I'll be/am a
on one's
on someone's
out of one's
(I've) got to go
save someone's skin
(Have you) been OK?

References in periodicals archive

And if further office visits alter that diagnosis, well, I'll be a monkey's uncle.

Animal Practice

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