I will be damned

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What is the meaning of "I will be damned" ? Could someone tell me please?Thanks.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

It has a couple of meanings:

Well I'll be damned! The Red Sox lost the pennant. It's just an expression of extreme disbelief, and/or disappointment. Wow! I just can't believe it! When used in a negative way, the expression could be replaced by any one of a number of obscene four-letter expletives. (But you don't look like a girl who would say such things.)

You can say the exact opposite: Well I'll be blessed! The Red Sox won the pennant. Again, you're expressing extreme disbelief, but in this second case you're pleased with the outcome. In the first case, you're displeased with the outcome.

But it's also quite common to say "damned" when you're pleased with the outcome: Well I'll be damned! I just found out I won the Lotto!

"Damned" means "cursed." "Blessed" means "blessed."

You can use the expression to voice opposition, or determination not to do something:

An angry father - I'll be damned if you're going out with that guy! I'll be damned if I'll let you go out with that guy. It sort of implies that you'd rather go to **** than to let something happen or to do something. BUT, if that were exactly true, you'd say, "I'd be damned before I'd let you go out with him," OR "I'd sooner be damned than [to] let you go out with him," and we don't usually say it that way. But then again, sometimes we do.

Strictly speaking, "I will be damned" means "I will be sent to ****."

Jack_back · Answer

it's an informal phrase and it's used to express surprise.

Kanephoenix · Answer

Thanks u all.
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