how should I know

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it; sometimes therefore also implying that the asker was wrong to ask the askee at all.

Pronunciation

En-au-how should I know.ogg

Word forms

how should I know how am I to know how do I know how would I know

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