The idea! thinking Mother was my sister!
The very idea of Tom bringing that dirty dog into my clean house!
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
the idea — or[the very idea] {n. phr.} Used in exclamations to show that you do not like something. * /The idea! Thinking Mother was my sister!/ * /The very idea of Tom bringing that dirty dog into my clean house!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
the idea — or[the very idea] {n. phr.} Used in exclamations to show that you do not like something. * /The idea! Thinking Mother was my sister!/ * /The very idea of Tom bringing that dirty dog into my clean house!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
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