you should have heard

you should have heard
you should have seen/heard/spoken phrase
used when telling someone about something that you saw heard for emphasizing that it was very funny, shocking, beautiful etc

You should have seen the look on his face when I told him I’d won.

You should have heard the way she talked about her husband.

Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised or shockedsynonym
Main entry: should

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  • should — [ ʃud ] modal verb *** Should is usually followed by an infinitive without to : You should eat more fresh fruit. Sometimes should is used without a following infinitive: I don t always do everything I should. Should does not change its form, so… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • should - ought to — Should and ought to are sometimes used with similar meanings. When should has a similar meaning to ought to, you pronounce it in full and you do not write it as d. (See entry at ↑ should would.) …   Useful english dictionary

  • should */*/*/ — UK [ʃʊd] / US modal verb Summary: Should is usually followed by an infinitive without to : You should eat more fresh fruit. Sometimes should is used without a following infinitive: I don t always do everything I should. Should does not change its …   English dictionary

  • should — [[t]ʃəd, STRONG ʃʊd[/t]] ♦ (Should is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb.) 1) MODAL You use should when you are saying what would be the right thing to do or the right state for something to be in. I should exercise more... The …   English dictionary

  • should — W1S1 [ʃəd strong ʃud] modal v negative short form shouldn t ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(right thing)¦ 2¦(advice)¦ 3¦(expected thing)¦ 4¦(correct thing)¦ 5¦(orders)¦ 6¦(after that )¦ 7¦(possibility)¦ 8¦(imagined situations)¦ 9¦(request …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • I Should Have Known Better — Infobox Single Name = I Should Have Known Better |170px Artist = The Beatles from Album = A Hard Day s Night A side = Yesterday Released = 8 March 1976 Format = vinyl record (7 , 12 ) Recorded = Abbey Road Studios 25–26 February 1964 Genre = Pop… …   Wikipedia

  • have — [ weak əv, həv, strong hæv ] (3rd person singular has [ weak əz, həz, strong hæz ] ; past tense and past participle had [ weak əd, həd, strong hæd ] ) verb *** Have can be used in the following ways: as an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • have an open mind — have/keep an open mind to wait until you know all the facts before forming an opinion or making a judgement. Mike might not be guilty you should keep an open mind until after his case is heard in court. I like to keep an open mind about what… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have */*/*/ — strong UK [hæv] / US weak UK [əv] / US UK [həv] / US verb Word forms have : present tense I/you/we/they have he/she/it has strong UK [hæz] / US weak UK [əz] / US UK [həz] / US present participle having past tense had strong UK [hæd] / US weak UK… …   English dictionary

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