How to Pronounce "queer as a threedollar bill"
expression
KWIR-uhz-uh-THREE-dahl-er-BIL
KWEE-uh-az-uh-THREE-dol-uh-BIL
Definition
An old-fashioned, often humorous expression meaning something or someone is very strange, unusual, or not genuine. The phrase compares the oddness to a three dollar bill, which does not exist.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈkwɪɹ/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈθriˌdɑlər/ /ˈbɪɫ
British English
kwˈiə/ /ˈæs/ /æɪ/ /ˈθriːˌdɒlə/ /bˈɪl
Simplified Pronunciation
US
KWIR-uhz-uh-THREE-dahl-er-BIL
UK
KWEE-uh-az-uh-THREE-dol-uh-BIL
Listen in Context
That hat is queer as a threedollar bill.
His explanation sounded queer as a threedollar bill.
This homemade gadget is queer as a threedollar bill.
When he walked in with that suit, I thought he looked queer as a threedollar bill.