See if it isn't on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Shortened from if it isn't ___, I'll eat my hat! or similar construction.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "if it isn't ...",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "if it wasn't",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non-constituent",
"3": "past tense",
"4": "if it wasn't",
"head": "if it isn't..."
},
"expansion": "if it isn't... (past tense if it wasn't)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English non-constituents",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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},
{
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why, if it isn't Bill! Come on in, Bill!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Observes, with some surprise, that a specified thing or person is present."
],
"id": "en-if_it_isn't-en-phrase-M8TqnMZf",
"links": [
[
"present",
"present#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "if it isn't"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Shortened from if it isn't ___, I'll eat my hat! or similar construction.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "if it isn't ...",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "if it wasn't",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non-constituent",
"3": "past tense",
"4": "if it wasn't",
"head": "if it isn't..."
},
"expansion": "if it isn't... (past tense if it wasn't)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English non-constituents",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why, if it isn't Bill! Come on in, Bill!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Observes, with some surprise, that a specified thing or person is present."
],
"links": [
[
"present",
"present#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "if it isn't"
}
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