What in the devil? Who put sugar in the salt shaker?
•What the dickens? Who are you? What are you doing in my room?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
the dickens — ● what * * * the dickens informal + old fashioned used to make a statement or question more forceful What the dickens [=the devil] do you mean? We ll have to work like the dickens [=very hard] to finish this project … Useful english dictionary
what the dickens — what/why/how/etc the dickens informal old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question when you are surprised or angry Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym Main entry: dickens … Useful english dictionary
What the Dickens! (album) — Infobox Album | Name = What the Dickens! Type = Studio album Artist = Johnny Dankworth, his Orchestra and Guests Released = 1963 Recorded = Genre = Jazz Length = Label = Fontana Records Producers = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album … Wikipedia
What's the Matter with Kansas? — Infobox Book name = What s the Matter with Kansas? image caption = 1st edition cover author = Thomas Frank cover artist = country = United States subject = History, United States, Kansas, political science, politics and government, conservatism… … Wikipedia
what the dickens — where did it go? how do you explain it? What the dickens did you do to your hair? Who cut it off? … English idioms
the dickens — adverb The devil. She can go to the dickens for what she said. Syn: on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck … Wiktionary
the dickens you say — that is unbelievable, gadzooks, say what Ping, you won a car! The dickens you say! … English idioms
why the dickens — what/why/how/etc the dickens informal old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question when you are surprised or angry Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym Main entry: dickens … Useful english dictionary
how the dickens — what/why/how/etc the dickens informal old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question when you are surprised or angry Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym Main entry: dickens … Useful english dictionary
like the Dickens — Meaning A lot; as in hurts like the dickens . Origin Nothing to do with Charles Dickens. Dickens is a euphemism for the word devil, possibly via devilkins. Shakespeare used it in the Merry Wives of Windsor: I cannot tell what the dickens his name … Meaning and origin of phrases
What the dickens! — Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or annoyance. Informal … English slang and colloquialisms
