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Phrase(s): (Well,) I never!
1. Inf. I have never been so humiliated! • Bill: Just pack up your things and get out! Jane: Well, I never! • Tom: Look, your manners with the customers are atrocious! Jane: Well, I never! 2. Inf. I never heard of such a thing. • Tom: Now they have machines that will do all those things at the press of a button. Sally: Well, I never! I had no idea! • John: Would you believe I have a whole computer in this pocket? Alice: I never!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs