2009年8月19日 · L’expression "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" («Quoi qu’on fasse, on a toujours tort») a été rendue célèbre par Eleanore Roosevelt qui a dit “Il faut faire ce qu’on …

2010年11月28日 · As for damn vs damned - both are correct. I suspect it started out with "damned" only, but people have been dropping the -ed for a long time. *In most parts of the …

2018年7月7日 · I'll be damned if it didn't fall apart. I spent an hour putting the machine together and I'll be damned if it didn't fall apart as soon as I tried to use it. I told them they wouldn't …

2011年2月17日 · Hello, Vina. I was surprised to see that we didn't already have a long list of threads dealing with "damn" and "damned". "Damn you!" is the ordinary form for cursing …

2023年7月24日 · The idiom means I’ll be damned if I do this (which means people will disapprove and/or it won’t turn out well), but I’ll also be damned if I don’t do it – so either way, I can’t win. It …

2007年5月26日 · De acuerdo con todo el mundo. Agrego que es una manera coloquial, abreviada, de decir, "You are damned if you do, and you are damned if you don't." (Si lo …

2008年6月11日 · However, "damned if I don't, damned if I do" represents a situation where the person must choose between two equally undesirable choices (do something, or don't do …

2021年5月22日 · There's a play on 'Damned if I know', which means "I don't know; I have no idea", and 'Damned if I do, damned if I don't', which means that I lose, I am in a hopeless …

2017年10月29日 · The "devil" here is a metaphor for an unpleasant consequence or ending, derived from the belief that going to hell in the afterlife leaves you in the hands of the Devil. So …

2009年7月16日 · I can't imagine anybody saying "que je sois damné si". I can't imagine any equivalent either. I guess any expression of surprise could replace it.