if it isn't
if it isn't phrase: observes, with (sometimes ironic) surprise, that a specified thing or person is present.
Phrase
if it isn't... (past tense if it wasn't)
- Observes, with (sometimes ironic) surprise, that a specified thing or person is present.
- Why, if it isn't Bill! Come on in, Bill!
- "Well, well, if it isn't the new kid," said the bully.
Forms of if it isn't
| past | if it wasn't |
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Origin of if it isn't
Shortened from if it isn't ___, I'll eat my hat! or similar construction.
Questions about if it isn't
- What does if it isn't mean?
- If it isn't means observes, with (sometimes ironic) surprise, that a specified thing or person is present.
- What part of speech is if it isn't?
- If it isn't is a phrase.
Words near if it isn't in the dictionary
- if it be so
- if it bleeds, it leads
- if it fits, I sits
- if it had not been for
- if it had teeth, it'd bite one
- if it isn't
- if it kills one
- if it looks like a duck
- if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
- if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck
- if it looks, swims, walks and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck
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