I'll be hanged

Idioms  

1. I am very surprised, as in, Well, I'll be hanged; there's Susan .

2. I'll be hanged if I . Under no circumstances will I, as in I'll be hanged if I let you do that . Both of these hyperbolic colloquial usages allude to being executed by hanging.

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Example Sentences

"Maybe I'll be pardoned, maybe I'll be imprisoned, maybe I'll be hanged," he said.

From Reuters

"No, I'll be hanged if I remember that."

From Project Gutenberg

"I 'll be hanged if I 'd do it, Tom," cried the loud voice of Conyers.

From Project Gutenberg

The general wrote in reply:— “Sir, “I’ll be hanged if I send my autograph to anybody.

From Project Gutenberg

I’ll be hanged if I’m going to let even a shark think he can try to make hash of me and get away with it.

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