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間投詞

what the Devil?

1. (idiomatic, mildly vulgar) Used to add emphasis to “what” when beginning a question.

   What the Devil have you done to the horse?

   • c. 1515–1516, John Skelton, Magnyfycence; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 166, line 922:

     What the devyll hast thou on thy fyste? An owle?

同意語

• what the dickens
• what on earth
• what in God's name