| 词汇 | that-s a hell of a note |
| 词源 | that’s a hell of a note. Note in this expression probably refers to a badly tuned note on a musical instrument, not a counter- feit banknote. The words mean “something disagreeably or un- pleasantly surprising”—“What a revoltin’ development!” as one TV comedian of old put it. The expression is an Americanism first recorded in 1871. |
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