mark my words

Idioms  

1. Pay attention to what I say, as in Mark my words, that man is not to be trusted. This admonition first appeared in Miles Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible (Isaiah 28:23).

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Example Sentences

And in October, on the same platform, Musk wrote, “Starship will end up doing the whole Moon mission. Mark my words.”

From Slate

“In the very last place you look, mark my words!”

From Literature

Once I’m his stepfather, I’ll win him over to my way of thinking, mark my words.”

From Literature

“But if Lady Constance doesn’t give alternate Sundays as a half day for the servants, there will be plenty of grumbling among them, mark my words.”

From Literature

“Mark my words,” she crowed, “once I am seen wearing this, the decorative eye patch will be all the rage. By the weekend, fashionable young ladies all over London will be swaggering about like sailors. Imagine, a lady pirate! What an original idea, and it is all mine!”

From Literature