strike me pink
English
Phrase
- (dated) an exclamation of surprise
- 1902, Edith Nesbit, Five Children and It Chapter 8
- Bill slouched up to the tent and entered. When he beheld the magnificent proportions of Robert he said but little - 'Strike me pink!' were the only words the children could afterwards remember - but he produced fifteen shillings, mainly in sixpences and coppers, and handed it to Robert.
- 1902, Edith Nesbit, Five Children and It Chapter 8
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