I'll be a monkey's uncle

Meaning: (idiomatic)Often preceded bywell:expressingcompletesurpriseordisbelief.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:wowWellI’ll be a monkey's uncle! I would never have thought that tourists would go into space!1943,Field and Stream, New York, N.Y.:Henry Holt and Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, page34:"Well,I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Lem said. "I've heerd of rifles with transits on 'em, but I ain't ever seen one. Mind if I look at her?"1970February,Tech Engineering News, Cambridge, Mass.: Board of Directors of Tech Engineering News,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,→ISSN,→OCLC, page35, column 3:Well,I'll be a monkey's uncle, I actually solved that one.1987,Sholem Aleichem[pseudonym; Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich], “[The Railway Stories]The Happiest Man in All Kodny”, inHillel Halkin, transl.,Tevye the Dairyman and The Railway Stories(Library of Yiddish Classics), New York, N.Y.:Schocken Books,→ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Schocken Books,[2008?],→ISBN,page149:[...] I made as if to step inside—wham, bang,I'll be a monkey's uncleif he didn't slam the door in my face! What was I supposed to do now? It wasn't exactly a cheerful situation.2002, Steve Morrill, Michael Saldivar, Dan LaReaux, Michael LaReaux, “The Three Authors’ Tale II”, inThe Three Authors’ Tales, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press,iUniverse,→ISBN,page40:But I know I am better than that. I completed two and a half years at the M.J.C., andI'll be a monkey's uncleif I did it all just to be neglected in some backwoods, drafty, lo-tech, no-glory, never-been-remembered-for-all-the-great-things-I-do, dead end court wizard position.2008, Carla Hester, chapter 7, inThe Adventures of Penelope Plum(Penelope Plum Mysteries),[Bloomington, Ind.]:Xlibris,→ISBN,page46:Well,I'll be a monkey's uncleif it isn't my old pal, Captain Pete. I haven't seen you in years. Good to see you!2014October 20, Rosamond Carter,Weatherwood, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press,Hay House,→ISBN,page252:"Well,I'll be a monkey's uncle. That's incredible and …" he was silent working it out, "and that means that I am actually the last of the McNaughtens and now live here in Weatherwood.["]

Examples:

EN: Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!
ES: ¡Esto es la repera!
ES: Que me vuelva mono si es verdad.
ES: ¡Rayos y truenos!
EN: Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle.
ES: Caray, me lleva el diablo.
ES: Buena pieza estás hecho.
ES: Bueno, seré el tío de un mono.
ES: . ¡Vaya! . Caca de mandril...
ES: Pues, ¡me parta un rayo!
ES: ¡Ah, mamacita mía!
ES: Seré tío de un mono.
ES: Por todos los cielos.
ES: Vaya, menuda sorpresa.
ES: Vaya, qué mono.
ES: Por todos los cielos.
ES: Bueno, voy a ser tío de un mono.
ES: No lo puedo creer.
ES: Madre de dios.
ES: Bueno, que me parte un rayo.
EN: - Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!
ES: - ¡Vaya, la otra desaparecida!
EN: - Well I'll be a monkey's uncle.
ES: - Demonios.
EN: I'll be a monkey's uncle.
ES: Y yo el tío de un mono.
ES: No puedo creerlo.
ES: Madre del amor hermoso.
ES: Mira por dónde.
EN: And if it doesn't work, I'll be a monkey's uncle.
ES: Si no funciona, me hago mono de circo.
EN: I'll be a monkey's uncle. You learn something every day.
ES: No te acostarás sin saber una cosa más.
EN: - I'll be a monkey's uncle.
ES: - Voy a ser el tío de un mono.
EN: In the words of my distinguished colleague Darwin, "I'll be a monkey's uncle."
ES: Al igual que los demás alquimistas, Saknussemm escribía al revés.
EN: I'll be a monkey's uncle!
ES: ¡Qué barbaridad!
ES: ¡Que les parece!
ES: ¡Voy a ser tío de un mono!
EN: I'm thinking if there's another entrance here, I'll be a monkey's uncle.
ES: Bueno, si encuentro otra salida Estoy silicoaluminofosfato monje budista.
EN: I'll be a monkey's uncle if these aren't the yummiest cookies I've ever had.
ES: Que me parta un rayo si éstas no son las galletas más ricas que he comido.
EN: Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. Oh, so it's fine when you say it.
ES: - Yo seria la tía de un chimpancé...
EN: And every time he's like, "Damn... well, I'll be a monkey's uncle."
ES: Y cada vez que los ve, dice: "Demonios, seré el tío del mono".
EN: I'll be a monkey's uncle before I accept a sexual favor.
ES: Seré tío de un mono antes de aceptar un favor sexual.

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