- joking, you must (or have to) be
- I don't agree with you. Gen. excl. of incredulity.
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
joking, you must (or have to) be
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you must be joking — you re joking or you must be joking spoken used for saying that you cannot believe that someone really means what they have just said because it seems so surprising or so silly She s thirty five, and she s going out with a nineteen year old. You… … English dictionary
You Must Be Joking! — Infobox Film name = You Must Be Joking! image size = caption = DVD Cover director = Elmo De Witt producer = Elmo De Witt Hermann Visser writer = Leon Schuster Fanus Rautenbach narrator = David Blood Tony Sanderson starring = Leon Schuster Mike… … Wikipedia
You must be joking! — informal something that you say in order to tell someone you do not think something they have said is serious because it is not likely to be true or to happen. Did Alex get you a present, then? You must be joking! He didn t even remember it was… … New idioms dictionary
you're joking — you’re joking you must be joking spoken phrase used for saying that you cannot believe that someone really means what they have just said because it seems so surprising or so silly ‘She’s thirty five, and she’s going out with a nineteen year… … Useful english dictionary
you're joking — or you must be joking spoken used for saying that you cannot believe that someone really means what they have just said because it seems so surprising or so silly She s thirty five, and she s going out with a nineteen year old. You re joking! … English dictionary
must — 1 strong /mVst/ modal verb (negative short form mustn t) 1 (past usually had to) to have to do something because the situation forces you, because of a rule or law, or because you feel that you should: All passengers must wear seat belts. | You… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
must — [[t]məst, STRONG mʌst[/t]] ♦ musts (The noun is pronounced [[t]mʌ̱st[/t]].) 1) MODAL You use must to indicate that you think it is very important or necessary for something to happen. You use must not or mustn t to indicate that you think it is… … English dictionary
must — must1 W1S1 [məst strong mʌst] modal v negative short form mustn t [: Old English; Origin: moste, from motan to be allowed to, have to ] 1.) past tense had to to have to do something because it is necessary or important, or because of a law or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
have — have1 W1S1 [v, əv, həv strong hæv] auxiliary v past tense and past participle had [d, əd, həd strong hæd] third person singular has [z, əz, həz strong hæz] [: Old English; Origin: habban] 1.) used with past participles to form ↑perfect tenses ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
must — I [[t]mʌst[/t]] aux. v. and v. pres. sing. and pl. 1st 2nd pers. and 3rd pers. must, 1) fun (used to express obligation or imperative requirement): I must keep my promise. We really must go now[/ex] 2) fun (used to express requirement or… … From formal English to slang
