Eat my hat Idiom, Proverb
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be very surprised or shocked if it is true If the Vancouver Canucks win the Cup, I'll eat my hat!
Eat my hat
People say this when they don't believe that something is going to happen e.g. 'If he passes that exam, I'll eat my hat!'
I'll eat my hat
You can say this when you are absolutely sure that you are right to let the other person know that there is no chance of your being wrong.
eat (one's) hat
A amusing activity that one will allegedly booty if article actual absurd happens. Kevin is consistently late, so if he absolutely shows up on time, I'll eat my hat.Learn more: eat, hateat one's hat
Fig. a byword cogent the affectionate of affair that one would do if a actual absurd accident absolutely happens. If we get there on time, I'll eat my hat. I'll eat my hat if you get a raise. He said he'd eat his hat if she got elected.Learn more: eat, hateat one's hat
Declare one's authoritativeness that article will not appear or is untrue. This abstract announcement about consistently follows an if-clause, as in If he's on time, I'll eat my hat, that is, "I'll absorb my headgear if I'm wrong." Charles Dickens acclimated it in Pickwick Papers (1837): "If I knew as little of activity as that, I'd eat my hat and absorb the catch whole." [First bisected of 1800s] Learn more: eat, hateat your hat
mainly BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONEDIf you say that you will eat your hat if a accurate affair happens, you beggarly that you do not accept that it will happen. I will eat my hat if the Social Democrats get in at the abutting accepted election. He has promised to eat his hat if he is wrong.Learn more: eat, hatI’ll eat my ˈhat!
(spoken) acclimated to say that you anticipate article is actual absurd to happen: They’re consistently backward — if they get actuality afore eight o’clock, I’ll eat my hat.Learn more: eateat one’s hat
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