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

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!
be bursting to (do something)
be bursting to do something
spill the works
Who would have thought it?
quelle surprise
(well,) imagine that!
imagine
catch (one) by surprise
(well,) I never!

词组	monkey's uncle, I'll be/am a
释义	monkey's uncle, I'll be/am a I'll be a monkey's uncle used to express great surprise. informal See also: uncle Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary 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! be bursting to (do something) be bursting to do something spill the works Who would have thought it? quelle surprise (well,) imagine that! imagine catch (one) by surprise (well,) I never!
随便看	put/stick the knife in put/stick two fingers up at somebody put/stick your oar in put stock in put store by (something or someone) put store in (something or someone) put straight putt putt along put teeth in(to) (something) putter putter about putter along putter around put that in your pipe and smoke it Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the put the acid on (someone) put the acid on someone put the arm/bite on somebody put the arm on put the arm on (one) put the arm on someone put the bee on (someone) put the bite on