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idiomwondera chinless wonder BrEBrEstupid/not intelligent a young man from an upper class family who has a weak character and is not intelligent:You should never have mentioned your father's debts to that chinless wonder you were going out with.Jo had been waylaid on her way out by a chinless wonder in a baggy suit and powder blue trainers.I don't wonder (that)surprisedspoken used in order to say that you are not at all surprised by something:I don't wonder that you're cold, you haven't even got a jacket on.I don't wonder Tom's in a bad mood after the day he's had.a nine days' wonder BrEBrE(also nine-day wonder)surprised a thing or an event that is very exciting, interesting, or successful for only a short time:She had been arrested for theft, but they hadn't been able to prove she had taken the money. The case was a nine days' wonder.I think the Church hoped the whole affair would be a nine-day wonder, and it would just go away.no/small/little wonder(also it's no/small/little wonder)surprisedspoken used in order to say that you are not surprised by something:No wonder you're tired if you walked all that way.When doctors have to work such long hours - sometimes 16 to 18 hour shifts - it's little wonder that mistakes are made.Top ballet dancer, Yuri Vasyuchenko, is treated like a rock star in Moscow. Small wonder, really, since he looks like a rock star, too.a one-hit wondershort time used about a singer, musical group etc that has only one successful song and then is never very successful again, or about the song that was successful:Flying Pickets, one-hit wonders of the seventies, are still touring the cabaret circuit.One Shot calls itself the magazine of one-hit wonders, and it's devoted to the artists and their music that made it to the top once.I shouldn't wonder (if) BrEBrEsurprised probablyspoken used in order to say that it would not surprise you if a particular thing happened or if someone did a particular thing:We'll hear from Gareth soon enough, I shouldn't wonder.I shouldn't wonder if it thundered later on - it's so humid. phrasewonder[wondered, wondered, wondering]
wonder at
wonder at sth to feel very surprised by something because it is so unusual, special, or difficult to understand: Eileen wondered at her sister's ability to know exactly what she was thinking. I sometimes wonder at the stupidity of these people.■ SIMILAR TO: marvel at
See:- (it's) little wonder
- (it's) no wonder
- (it's) small wonder
- a nine days' wonder
- a one-day wonder
- a seven-day wonder
- chinless wonder
- do wonders
- eighth wonder
- for a wonder
- gutless wonder
- I don't wonder
- I shouldn't wonder
- I'm not surprised
- it's a wonder
- it's a wonder that
- it's a wonder...
- it's no/small/little wonder...
- nine day wonder
- nine days' wonder
- nine-day wonder
- nine-day wonder, a
- no wonder
- one-day wonder
- one-hit wonder
- seven-day wonder
- small wonder
- the eighth wonder of the world
- Time works wonders
- titless wonder
- wonder about
- wonder about (someone or something)
- wonder at
- wonder at (someone or something)
- wonder if
- wonder water
- wonders (will) never cease
- Wonders never cease!
- wonders will never cease
- work wonders
- work/do wonders/miracles
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