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Signification (Anglais)

Used to express astonishment or incredulity, as a question or questioning of the situation at hand, without requiring any specific vulgarity as intensifier.

Étymologie (Anglais)

From various expressions such as what the sam hill, what the hey, what the heck, what the hell and what the fuck by aposiopesis.

Phrases

Read just what the meter says .

What the flaming .

Ce que le flamboyant.

But he kept quiet , because he had heard what the alchemist said to the monk .

Mais il a gardé le silence, parce qu'il avait entendu ce que l'alchimiste disait au moine.