| 词汇 | I'll eat my hat |
| 释义 | Idiom I'll eat my hat old-fashioned if you say you will eat your hat if something happens or does not happen, you mean you will be very surprised if it happens or does not happen.If we can't beat a second-rate team like Sheffield, I'll eat my hat. I'll eat my hatAn 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 hatDeclare 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 hatused to indicate that you think a particular thing is extremely unlikely to happen. |
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