I'll be a son of a gun
I'll be a son of a gun interjection: expressing surprise or disbelief.
Interjection
- Expressing surprise or disbelief.
- Digging her hands excitedly down into the pockets of her dress Ardita stared at him, speechless with astonishment. […] “Well, I’ll be a son of a gun!” she said dazedly.1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Offshore Pirate”, in Flappers and Philosophers, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 11
- Synonyms:
- adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora, bless my heart, bless my soul
Synonyms of I'll be a son of a gun
- ay
- caramba
- mirabile dictu
- chihuahua
- bleeding heck
- bleeding Nora
- bless my heart
- bless my soul
- bless us
- blige
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- blimey
- bloody hell
- bloody Nora
- blow me down
- butter my butt and call me a biscuit
- by all that is holy
- by Allah
- by cracky
- by George
- by God
- by golly
- by gosh
- by gum
- by gummy
- by jingo
- by Jove
- by juckies
- by Jupiter
- by thunder
- by the living jingo
- Christ
- Christ alive
- Christ almighty
- Christ on a bike
- Christ on a cracker
- Christ on a raft
- Christ on a stick
- Christ on a crutch
- coo
- cor
Origin of I'll be a son of a gun
Compare son of a gun.
Questions about I'll be a son of a gun
- What does I'll be a son of a gun mean?
- I'll be a son of a gun means expressing surprise or disbelief.
- What part of speech is I'll be a son of a gun?
- I'll be a son of a gun is an interjection.
Words near I'll be a son of a gun in the dictionary
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