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the dickens you say

the dickens you say is the euphemistic form of the devil you say.

Meaning of the devil you say

Phrase

the devil you say

  1. An expression of surprise at something stated by another. In modern usage usually sarcastic, implying that the statement was obvious.

Questions about the dickens you say

What is the dickens you say the euphemistic form of?
The dickens you say is the euphemistic form of the devil you say.

Words near the dickens you say in the dictionary

  1. the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know
  2. the devil you say
  3. The Devils Wilderness
  4. the dickens
  5. the dickens out of
  6. the dickens you say
  7. the die is cast
  8. The Ditch
  9. the dog ate my homework
  10. the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
  11. the dogs bark, but the caravan moves on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: the dickens you say (page history and authors); the devil you say (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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