英语词组eat one's hat是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

eat one's hat

Theme: RESULTS

a phrase telling the kind of thing that one would do if a very unlikely event really happens. (Informal. Always used with an if-clause.)

If we get there on time, I'll eat my hat.I'll eat my hat if you get a raise.He said he'd eat his hat if she got elected.

Slang

eat one's hat

Theme: CONDITIONAL

tr. to do something extraordinary.

If she wins, I'll eat my hat.I'll eat my hat if our advertisement actually brings us a president.

eat (one's) hat

A humorous action that one will allegedly take if something very unlikely happens. Kevin is always late, so if he actually shows up on time, I'll eat my hat.

I'll eat my hat

An expression describing the hypothetical act of penance that one promises to take if they are wrong about something. I'll eat my hat if the repairs end up costing less than $1,000. If you can prove me wrong, I'll eat my hat.

I'll eat my hat.

Fig. I will be very surprised. (Used to express strong disbelief in something.) If Joe really joins the Army, I'll eat my hat. If this car gives you any trouble, I'll eat my hat.

eat one's hat

Declare one's certainty that something will not happen or is untrue. This hyperbolic expression almost always follows an if-clause, as in If he's on time, I'll eat my hat, that is, "I'll consume my headgear if I'm wrong." Charles Dickens used it in Pickwick Papers (1837): "If I knew as little of life as that, I'd eat my hat and swallow the buckle whole." [First half of 1800s]

I'll eat my hat

used to indicate that you think a particular thing is extremely unlikely to happen.

eat one's hat, to

To declare one’s readiness to consume one’s headgear if a statement should prove false, an event should not occur, and so on. The likelihood of actually doing so is presumably very remote, which is the very analogy being drawn (to a statement’s being false, an event not occurring, and so on). The expression appeared in Dickens’s Pickwick Papers (1836), in the words of one clerical gentleman, “Well if I knew as little of life as that, I’d eat my hat and swallow the buckle whole.”

词组	eat one's hat
释义	Idiom eat one's hat Theme: RESULTS a phrase telling the kind of thing that one would do if a very unlikely event really happens. (Informal. Always used with an if-clause.) If we get there on time, I'll eat my hat.I'll eat my hat if you get a raise.He said he'd eat his hat if she got elected. Slang eat one's hat Theme: CONDITIONAL tr. to do something extraordinary. If she wins, I'll eat my hat.I'll eat my hat if our advertisement actually brings us a president. eat (one's) hat A humorous action that one will allegedly take if something very unlikely happens. Kevin is always late, so if he actually shows up on time, I'll eat my hat. I'll eat my hat An expression describing the hypothetical act of penance that one promises to take if they are wrong about something. I'll eat my hat if the repairs end up costing less than $1,000. If you can prove me wrong, I'll eat my hat. I'll eat my hat. Fig. I will be very surprised. (Used to express strong disbelief in something.) If Joe really joins the Army, I'll eat my hat. If this car gives you any trouble, I'll eat my hat. eat one's hat Declare one's certainty that something will not happen or is untrue. This hyperbolic expression almost always follows an if-clause, as in If he's on time, I'll eat my hat, that is, "I'll consume my headgear if I'm wrong." Charles Dickens used it in Pickwick Papers (1837): "If I knew as little of life as that, I'd eat my hat and swallow the buckle whole." [First half of 1800s] I'll eat my hat used to indicate that you think a particular thing is extremely unlikely to happen. eat one's hat, to To declare one’s readiness to consume one’s headgear if a statement should prove false, an event should not occur, and so on. The likelihood of actually doing so is presumably very remote, which is the very analogy being drawn (to a statement’s being false, an event not occurring, and so on). The expression appeared in Dickens’s Pickwick Papers (1836), in the words of one clerical gentleman, “Well if I knew as little of life as that, I’d eat my hat and swallow the buckle whole.”
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