did I ever! excl.
a general excl. of intensification, i.e. I certainly did! usu. in answer to a question, also with other personal pronouns or ‘anyone’.
One Day of the Year (1977) II iii: mum: You’re goin’ to put that in a paper? hughie: Are we ever? | ||
Wooing of Beppo Tate 120: And did I ever go! Did I ever burn up that turf! | ||
Penguin Bk of More Aus. Jokes 207: ‘Did you have a party here last night?’ ‘Christ,’ groaned the woman, ‘did we ever.’. |