criminy
exclamation US old-fashioned informal uk/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.ni/ us/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.ni/
(表示吃惊或不满)哎呀;老天
used to express surprise or shock, or the fact that you are not pleased about something
She then enters her apartment, and criminy! It is huge! 然后她走进了自己的公寓,老天!太大了!
Criminy! How many times have I told you not to eat at that place! 天哪! 我告诉你多少次了不要在那个地方吃东西!
- More examples
- Criminy, I could fill a book with how much I hate that bank.
- As football players we look at what baseball is getting and think, "Holy criminy, we missed the boat!"
- "Holy criminy," he said when told the figures. "That is causing a big problem for us."