criminy
exclamation
USold-fashionedinformaluk/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.ni/us/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.ni/used toexpresssurpriseorshock, or thefactthat you are notpleasedabout something:
（表示吃惊或不满）哎呀；老天She thenentersherapartment, and criminy! It ishuge!然后她走进了自己的公寓，老天！太大了！
Criminy! How manytimeshave I told you not toeatat thatplace!天哪! 我告诉你多少次了不要在那个地方吃东西！
- Criminy, I couldfillabookwith how much Ihatethatbank.
- Asfootballplayerswelookat whatbaseballis getting andthink, "Holycriminy, wemissedtheboat!"
- "Holycriminy," he said when told thefigures. "That iscausingabigproblemfor us."
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- neener, neener
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom