how should I know

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how should I know

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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.

  • Near-synonyms: God knows, who knows, I don't know
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what do I know

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