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next thing you know

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  1. next thing you knowadverb

    suddenly, out of the blue.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of next thing you know in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of next thing you know in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of next thing you know in a Sentence

  1. Ben Carson:

    The next thing you know, there's a warrant out for your arrest, and you wind up getting fired, we need to find ways to accommodate different situations in our society and I think when we do that, the level of frustration probably goes down.

  2. Devin Howard:

    My mom called me, she tells me about the carpentry program [at Project H.O.O.D.], i said, 'I'm going to think about it.' Next thing you know, she's like, ‘You're not doing anything right now. The real estate hasn't really picked up yet. Let's take it on.’ And she was right. Time is your biggest commodity.

  3. Jeremy Wladis:

    The next thing you know, the train starts doing funny things, and it gradually starts getting worse and worse.

  4. Carmen Electra:

    I've always kind of gone with the flow, and then there's been times when things would get a little quiet. I went through that experience where I'm like,' OK, I've made this choice to be on my own. Let's see what's going to happen,' and go through struggle and the passion that creates, you know, to get out there. And next thing you know, I was working for MTV,' Baywatch,' I was getting booked for movies.

  5. Larry Elder:

    There were just four of us in the studio : Bobby Slayton, me and these two [ camera ] women. And they were laughing and laughing and laughing. And next thing you know, I get a letter and a phone call. And the producer of the show calls me in and tells me if I don't apologize to the two women for what Bobby Slayton did, I'm going to be fired. And I said,' Why ?' And he said,' It's sexual harassment,' i said,' How am I guilty of sexual harassment ? It was he who stood up there.' And he said,' Well, you encouraged it.' And I said,' Well, they were laughing.' He said,' They were laughing because they were uncomfortable. And if you don't apologize to them, I might have to let you go.' So I apologized. If that had been on my record, it would have looked as if I had been guilty of sexual harassment because of an apology. I'm telling you what the facts were.


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  • prochaine chose que vous savezFrench

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