"how should I know" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-how should I know.ogg
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  1. A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it. Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Synonyms: I don't know, God knows, who knows, how am I to know, how do I know, how would I know Translations (Translations): weet ik veel (Dutch), mistä minä tietäisin? (Finnish), qu’est-ce que j’en sais (French), از کجا بدانم؟ (az kojâ bedânam?) (Persian), bo ja wiem (Polish), como eu vou saber (Portuguese), отку́да я зна́ю? (otkúda ja znáju?) (Russian), отку́да мне знать? (otkúda mne znatʹ?) (Russian)

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