am I right
am I right phrase: said by someone who has just stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
Phrase
am I right?
- Said by someone who has just stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
- "Ah! So much the worse! A bitter taste it is that such poor cattle always have in their mouths, and hard lives they live, Jacques. Am I right, Jacques?"1859, Charles Dickens, “Book the First, Chapter V”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
- Not a word out of him, he just sat there taking it all in, am I right? Look at their face and you don't know what's going on inside, am I right? Talking about racial overtones, whose insurance company does he think he's working for, am I right Dan?1975, William Gaddis, J R, page 323
Forms of am I right
| alternative Internet | amiright |
|---|---|
| alternative Internet | amirite |
| alternative form | am I right or am I right |
Questions about am I right
- What does am I right mean?
- Am I right means said by someone who has just stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
- What part of speech is am I right?
- Am I right is a phrase.
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