how-do-you-do
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the phrase 'how do you do'.
مثال
- What a how-do-you-do this is!
- We're in a real how-do-you-do now.
- This whole situation is quite the how-do-you-do.
ترکیبهای رایج
a fine how-do-you-do quite the how-do-you-do
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- an expression of greeting “every morning they exchanged polite hellos”
- an awkward situation “that's a fine how-d'ye-do”