There ought to be a law!
there ought to be a law
Something objectionable that has happened or that someone did should be against the law. How can the flight be overbooked? I paid for a ticket, so I should have a seat on the plane. There ought to be a law! Behavior like that is just disgusting to me. There ought to be a law, I tell you!
See also: law, ought, there
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
There ought to be a law!
and TOBAL exclam. & comp. abb. There ought to be a law against what you just did or what I just saw happen. (Uttered when something happens that one does not like.) Listen to them talk like that. TOBAL!
See also: ought, there
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- oughtta
- there ought to be a law
- there oughta be a law
- TOBAL
- speak ill of
- speak ill of (someone or something)
- speak/think ill of somebody
- get a ticket
- no-no
- no-no, a