I'll be a monkey's uncle

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Teks tebalI'll be a monkey's uncle

  1. (ungkapan) Selalu didahului oleh well: menyatakan benar-benar rasa terkejut atau tidak percaya.; biar betul, tidak percaya/sangka.
    Sinonim: Tesaurus:wow
    Well I’ll be a monkey's uncle! I would never have thought that tourists would go into space!
    Jadi biar betul! Saya tidak sangka pelancong akan pergi ke angkasa!
    • Ralat skrip: Fungsi "source_t" tidak wujud.
      "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Lem said. "I've heerd of rifles with transits on 'em, but I ain't ever seen one. Mind if I look at her?"
      (sila tambah terjemahan bahasa Melayu untuk petikan ini)
    • Ralat skrip: Fungsi "source_t" tidak wujud.
      Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle, I actually solved that one.
      Jadi, tidak percaya, saya sebenarnya selesaikan yang itu.
    • Ralat skrip: Fungsi "source_t" tidak wujud.
      [...] I made as if to step inside—wham, bang, I'll be a monkey's uncle if he didn't slam the door in my face! What was I supposed to do now? It wasn't exactly a cheerful situation.
      (sila tambah terjemahan bahasa Melayu untuk petikan ini)
    • Ralat skrip: Fungsi "source_t" tidak wujud.
      But I know I am better than that. I completed two and a half years at the M.J.C., and I'll be a monkey's uncle if I did it all just to be neglected in some backwoods, drafty, lo-tech, no-glory, never-been-remembered-for-all-the-great-things-I-do, dead end court wizard position.
      (sila tambah terjemahan bahasa Melayu untuk petikan ini)
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      Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle if it isn't my old pal, Captain Pete. I haven't seen you in years. Good to see you!
      (sila tambah terjemahan bahasa Melayu untuk petikan ini)
    • Ralat skrip: Fungsi "source_t" tidak wujud.
      "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. That's incredible and …" he was silent working it out, "and that means that I am actually the last of the McNaughtens and now live here in Weatherwood.["]
      "Jadi, biar betul. Hebatnya dan …" dia senyap memikirkannya, "dan itu bermaksud saya sebenarnya ahli keluarga McNaughten yang terakhir dan sekarang tinggal di sini di Weatherwood.["]

Etimologi sunting

Asal usul tidak pasti; kata monkey’s uncle (pak cik monyet) muncul dalam karya abad ke-19 dan mungkin secara tidak langsung menyentuh idea awal tentang apa yang kini dipanggil teori evolusi.[1] Kata ini mungkin kemudian meluasnya penggunaan selepas Scopes Trial 1925 yang diterbit meluas di Tennessee, Amerika Syarikat, di mana guru sekolah menengah didapati bersalah melanggar undang-undang mengharamkan mengajar evolusi manusia di sekolah biayaan kerajaan.

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  • (RP) AFA(kekunci): /ˈaɪl biː ə ˈmʌŋkiz ˌʌŋkəl/, /ɑːl-/
  • (GA) AFA(kekunci): /ˈɑːl bi ə ˈmʌŋkiz ˌʌŋkəl/
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  • (penggunaan isih parameter |lang=) Penyempangan: I'll be a mon‧key's un‧cle

Rujukan sunting

  1. Templat:R:World Wide Words, quoting “Lyceum Theatre”, dalam The Observer, London: William [Innell] Clement, 31 January 1847, OCLC 612268908, halaman 5: “The piece [a play called The Wigwam] was successful, as much from the rich, racy character of the acting, as from the humour of its situations and the liveliness of its incidents. [...] Mr. Oxberry was a veritable monkey's uncle, in his rage and jealousy; [...]”; the newspaper article also notes that the character of Mingo, played by Oxberry, is “known as the ‘Monkey’s Uncle,’ from his habit of ‘sucking the monkey.’”

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