on earth
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See also: on Earth
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- Expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
- 1992 April 26, "Hot Off the Press" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 5:
- A. Fink-Nottle: But it's absolute balderdash, Bertie. I mean, listen to this: "Sure and begorrah, I don't know what's after being the matter with you, Michael." I mean, what on earth is this "what's after being" stuff mean?
B.W. Wooster: My dear old Gussie, that is how people think Irish people talk.
- A. Fink-Nottle: But it's absolute balderdash, Bertie. I mean, listen to this: "Sure and begorrah, I don't know what's after being the matter with you, Michael." I mean, what on earth is this "what's after being" stuff mean?
- Why on earth did that comet come by so soon?
- 1992 April 26, "Hot Off the Press" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 5:
Synonyms[edit]
- (intensifier): See Thesaurus:the dickens
Translations[edit]
expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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