famous last words

famous last words phrase

used after someone has said something positive for showing that you think something bad might easily happen

Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someone_synonym

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said as an ironic comment on or reply to an overconfident assertion that may well be proved wrong by events

"I'll be perfectly OK on my own." "Famous last words," she thought to herself

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ˌfamous ˌlast ˈwords idiom

(saying) people sometimes say Famous last words! when they think sb is being too confident about sth that is going to happen

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‘Everything's under control.’ ‘Famous last words!’

This phrase refers to a collection of quotations of the dying words of famous people.

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