what (in) the dickens
what (in) the dickens
An exclamation used to emphasize surprise, shock, or bafflement. Just what the dickens is going on here? What in the dickens? I just put my sandwich down, and now it's gone!
See also: dickens, what
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- what (in) the deuce
- what (in) the devil
- What the deuce?
- scare the dickens out of (one)
- the dickens
- blood from a stone/turnip, one can't get
- raise the dickens