I'll be a monkey's uncle!



I'll be a monkey's uncle!

Fig. I am amazed! A: I just won $500,000 in the lottery! B: Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!

I'll be a monkey's uncle!

  (old-fashioned)
something that you say when you are very surprised Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. I never thought Bill would remarry.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi
ZsomborZHOM-borHungarian
Sasho-Macedonian, Bulgarian
ValÉRieva-le-REE (French)French, Czech
JoŽEfYAW-zhefSlovene
Chidimma-Western African, Igbo