how should I know
English
Alternative forms
- how am I to know
- how do I know
- how would I know
Pronunciation
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Phrase
how should I know?
- A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it.
Synonyms
- I don't know
- God knows
- who knows
Translations
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References
- “how should I know” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “how should do I know” (US) / “how should do I know” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “how should I know how am I to know how do I know” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.