| 词汇 | 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) hatA 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 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.eat one's hat, toTo 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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