son of a gun
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌson of a ˈgun noun [singular] American English spoken 1 ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethinga man you like or admire – used humorously 老兄，家 伙，好小子〔幽默用法〕 Duke, you old son of a gun, how are you? 杜克，你这老家伙，你好吗？2 ANNOYa man that you are annoyed with 流氓，恶棍，坏家伙〔表示生气〕 Somebody go tell that son of a gun we’re all waiting here. 谁去告诉那个家伙，我们全都在这里等着呢。3. DIFFICULTan object that is difficult to deal with – used humorously 难对付的东西，鬼东西〔幽默用法〕4. son of a gun! spoken SURPRISEDused to express surprise 他妈的！ 真见鬼！〔表示惊讶〕
Examples from the Corpus
son of a gun• Billy's a tough old son of a gun.• Old Laz is a pretentious son of a gun, but he's got a heart of gold.• Somebody go and tell that son of a gun that we're all waiting to go here.• This son of a gun had better work this time.nson of a gun! spokenSURPRISEDused to express surprise 他妈的！ 真见鬼！〔表示惊讶〕 → son of a gunˌson of a ˈgun nounson of a gun!ChineseSyllable
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son of a gun
ˌson of a ˈgun
noun [singular] American English spoken
1. a man you like or admire – used humorously:
Duke, you old son of a gun, how are you?
2. a man that you are annoyed with:
Somebody go tell that son of a gun we’re all waiting here.
3. an object that is difficult to deal with – used humorously
4. son of a gun! used to express surprise
ˌson of a ˈgun
noun [singular] American English spoken1. a man you like or admire – used humorously:
2. a man that you are annoyed with:
3. an object that is difficult to deal with – used humorously
4. son of a gun! used to express surprise