the dickens

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, dickens; (euphemistic) the devil.

    She can go to the dickens for what she said.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Used as an intensifier.

    Why the dickens did he do that?

    It is cold as the dickens out here!

词源

See dickens.

来源:wiktionary