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why me

why me phrase: an expression of surprise, annoyance, or disgust to question why something bad has happened to the speaker.

Phrase

why me?

  1. An expression of surprise, annoyance, or disgust to question why something bad has happened to the speaker.
    • I can't believe I got teased and ridiculed for my musical tastes again. Why me?

Questions about why me

What does why me mean?
Why me means an expression of surprise, annoyance, or disgust to question why something bad has happened to the speaker.
What part of speech is why me?
Why me is a phrase.

Words near why me in the dictionary

  1. why in God's name
  2. why in the world
  3. why in time
  4. why is the ocean near the shore
  5. why keep a dog and bark yourself
  6. why me
  7. why not
  8. why not Zoidberg
  9. why oh why
  10. why on Earth
  11. why so serious

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